Never trust a man who says he is only a little crooked, and that the crookedness is exercised in your interest.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

Someday find my son...tell him about how things can be between men on this Earth."--A Letter to Jesse Owens

I'm thankful that my memory is good because my vision is going.

I tell jokes to pay my green fees.

Peace of heart - without it, no good can make us happy. With it, every trial, even the approach of death, can be borne.

It's important to push yourself to get better at your craft - whatever that is. It's important to grow and evolve with each project.

It is my huge pleasure that my novels are translated into languages that are read among small numbers of people.

hardly anything in L.A. was close to anywhere else you wanted to go.

It is possible to reason out the existence of God to a limited extent.

I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away.

Under President Bachmann you will see gasoline come down below $2 a gallon again.