Family dinner in the Norman Rockwell mode had taken hold by the 1950s: Mom cooked, Dad carved, son cleared, daughter did the dishes.

For the truly faithful, no miracle is necessary. For those who doubt, no miracle is sufficient.

You must get courageous men, men of strong views and let them debate and argue with each other.

The challenge was that it was harder to be subtle than strident.

Illusions are the truths we live by until we know better.

I would like to see every newspaper and every magazine have a network of bureaus all over the world, gathering news.

Americas presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it.

Time is valuable; people are busy.

If Heaven is willing to sing to us, it is little to ask that we be ready to listen.

Dwight Eisenhower was candid in private, but he was circumspect in public.

On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere.

They had...finished their lives before their death – which is not always the end of life and often comes long before the end.

You need to see time correctly for you not to waste your life

My family know not to get me any tech for Christmas. I can never get it to work, and it all becomes very tearful and pressurised.

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.

He that would fish, must venture his bait.

I have a list a mile long of faults that sometimes bring me to my knees in self-hatred.

After years of making wrong decisions in my life, in 1977 I found out that it was all right to be square, simple, and sober.

I say love, and the world populates itself with doves.

I am considered an icon at the age of 20 when people like after 40s or after they die are considered icons. It's just amazing!

My power will be in humility.