My point is that the social forces liberals like to point to are real - I absolutely agree - but, at the same time, a good grounding from a family can make a huge difference.

The true nature of man left to himself without restraint is not nobility but savagery.

God dances with the outcast.

Follow the evidence to where it leads, even if the conclusion is uncomfortable.

Plastic people flashing fake smiles at a pretend world.

God can only be of service to me and I to him, not in the past, nor in the future, but only right now in this moment.

Violence can behave like a disease. That insight gives a different frame of reference that is designed to take the judgment out of it, to take the good-versus-bad-people view out of it.

I'm not someone who gives prescriptives at the end of my films.

When you get the coffee from the store, does it come in a great big metal can?'He beamed. 'Absolutely.'That was all I needed to hear. "Tea. A cup of tea.

Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work ... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.

You think you have a handle on God, the Universe, and the Great White Light until you go home for Thanksgiving. In an hour, you realize how far you've got to go and who is the real turkey.

My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.

There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth.

The only place I can go where I'm not mobbed is my house.

One time, I was so hungry, I ate the beans in a bean bag chair.

Everything remains unsettled forever, depend on it

On all basic points our policies have proved correct from the very beginning.

Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.

Each time I reach a goal or read a great review, I am beyond pleased.