Don't breed, don't buy, don't even accept giveaways.

If you haven’t figured it out by now, the words grace, love, and forgiveness are nearly synonymous.

Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.

A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.

They say the Catholic church played a big role in the genocide... and now they have me, a bishop, as proof, a prize to say there, that's what they did.

If you can get an out on one pitch, take it. Let the strikeouts come on the outstanding pitches. Winning is the big thing. If you throw a lot of pitches, before you know it, your arm is gone.

I didn't want people to wait six months to get the clothes, I wanted a very immediate, real feel to it. You see it one night, the next morning you can go and buy the same outfit!

Nobody can ever be fully prepared to deal with a new, painful situation. Sometimes I react with patience and sometimes I react by doing something impulsive. But I always learn from such experiences.

I think I have become a better writer since having children. It improves creativity, particularly because once you have children it makes you realise the story isn’t about you.

Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.

I want to be one of the greatest athletes ever to live, not only in track and field, but in all of general sport.