I know something about performing. I know that when it seems like the avalanche is about to roll over you, you face into it and keep both arms swimming as hard as you can. You smile and you sell it.

Life is a constant series of cleaning up the last mess.

I look for a sign. Where to go next. you never know when you'll get one. Even the most faithless among us are waiting to be proven wrong.

Girls at war opt for a quieter cruelty than fistfights and drive-by shootings. Girls circumvent the corporeal and go straight for each other's souls. The bleeding is harder to stanch.

Like people touch the feet of Jesus on the Pieta and hope for a blessing, I would touch the feet of the dancer and hope for grace.

Facts bring us to knowledge, but stories lead to wisdom.

Crippled things are always more beautiful. It's the flaw that brings out beauty.

May we never forget the greatness of God.

Nights would have been expressionlesshad it not been for the moon.The moon, I say, is a mood.

Adam Smith's huge failure was the fact that he did not foresee the industrial revolution.

Any device in science is a window on to nature, and each new window contributes to the breadth of our view.

When asked for your views, by the press or others, remember that what they really want to know is the President's views.

Our country doesn't win anymore. We don't win on trade. We don't win on the military. We can't defeat ISIS. We're not taking care of our great people, the veterans. We're not taking care of them.

Those who desire only the good pleasure of God abide in peace even in the midst of failure, for God has not told us that He requires success of us.

Painting is very interesting.