One of the things I associate with God is a sunrise. How many sunrises have you missed over the years, and God created that?

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

Don't try and perfect yourself for one person. Wait for the one who loves your imperfections and make you feel perfect.

Carter and Helene still ask questions. I used to ask questions, and I got the answer: nothing. The answer is “nothing.

You don't have to call me 'Mister', Mister; The whole world called me 'Hank'!

Trivial details have been summoned, in part, to make a satirical point about upper-middle-class marriage-that the whole thing can slip away between the white wine and the arugula salad.

& all your friends telling you stories that you often misinterpret and taint all the images of yo Mr Perfect

The gallantry of the mind consists in agreeable flattery.

I can look you in the eye and tell you I feel I've tried to solve the problem diplomatically to the max, and would have committed troops both in Afghanistan and Iraq knowing what I know today.

You can overcome anything, if and only if you love something enough

I'm a big Hilary Duff person! My family loves her.

Clinton used to like to get out of the White House a lot. He would take night trips to McDonald's, and stuff like that. I think he wanted to get out of the house.