Good news didn't seem real until you'd told at least a dozen friends.

She kept hoping that something would happen to rescue her from her own small-scale, predictable dreams.

The breath of the mind is attention 128

'Idol' was groundbreaking television. I am very fortunate to have won the show at the time. 'Idol' changed my life, and I am thankful.

My wish for the new millennium is for all children... to grow up wiser, and stronger and more prosperous for the future than ever before.

I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.

Putting the Yankee uniform on every day.

It was a long period of time where I tried to figure out what worked, what didn't work.

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.

The Passion of Christ is the greatest and most stupendous work of Divine Love. The greatest and most overwhelming work of God's love.

Lively, too. Talky as a jaybird. With something smart to say on every subject: better than the radio.

I've been truly protected by my uncles.