Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.

I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.

There will be good days and bad, which means that some days I may be cranky and some days really cranky!

I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world.

Patriotism is (like) loving your family whether it is good or bad, while always striving to make it better. Nationalism simply insists 'Hey my family is the best'.

I have never spent a day in my adult life where I didn't learn something, and if there is a born-again quality to me, that's it.

I don't think a reporter should give advice or make predictions.

I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people.

I don't think anybody who looks carefully at us thinks that we are a left-wing or a right-wing organization.

I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people.

I'm a big fan of CNN. I watched it from the beginning.

An honest smile is an icebreaker.

Ignore the misery. Custom invites you to ignore the misery."SHOW YOUR TONGUE

When I look at the future it's so bright it burns my eyes.

People forget that track and field is one of the hardest sports because we compete against all the world. There are many sports when you are up against only 15 or 20 countries.

Blank House was exactly a nice empty sheet where nothing was accountable because you were so naughty that you were in Blank House.

My favorite definition of fear is: False Expectations Appearing Real

I love entertaining and doing Martha Stewart stuff.

If we show Allah just a little bit of gratitude, He tells us, 'I will increase you, and increase you, and increase you, I swear to it. If you could only show Me the least bit of gratitude.'

Far from his illness The wolves ran on through the evergreen forests, The peasant river was untempted by the fashionable quays; By mourning tongues The death of the poet was kept from his poems.

The wound of peace is surety, Surety secure; but modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches To th' bottom of the worst.