I've always been underestimated. It's happened throughout my entire career.

We need to give everybody a chance, treat everybody with respect, and let them share in this great American dream that we have.

I’m concerned about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor - that if you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy.

We've got to unite our country again, because we're stronger when we are united and we are weaker when we are divided.

Everybody should have a chance to rise. That's our philosophy in Ohio and that's my philosophy for America.

A leader has a sound program, has a good policy, and then brings people together to solve problems.

If you go into a room of 100-plus people, and you want to be the prince of darkness, you can be it. But I don't operate in the dark, I operate in the light.

Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.

Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.

You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down. Abraham Lincoln said it...

We [americans] need to control our border just like people have to control who goes in and out of their house.

Faith in God is confident hope.

Life is like a box of chocolates: You get through what little actual good stuff there is right away, then you constantly fool yourself into believing there's still something good in whatever's left.

We are to live for the dominion of God’s kingdom

Can a mother commit a greater sin than ignoring her intuitions?

We experience a discomfort that may be foreign to others, but that pain opens up a world of beauty. Wouldn't you think?

The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul.

When you're given a song, it's my job to record the lyrics, story and emotion, and make everyone who is listening to the song believe that it was my words and experience.

An unguarded strength is a double weakness.

When I'm on a location, I pick a restaurant that's close and private and eat all my meals there.