Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession... and I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so

I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.

I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.

There is always hope and room for faith. Unless, of course, you trust the voice that screams otherwise, while ignoring the whisper that knows this to be true.

While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.

I would say Gary Snyder, who is from my part of the world as a poet and environmental thinker, will be read just as Henry Thoreau as John Muir will continue to be read.

One had better not rush, otherwise dung comes out rather than creative work.

If people knew how much ill-feeling unselfishness occasions, it would not be so often recommended from the pulpit.

Nobody likes being criticised, particularly by players who will be in Disneyland this summer on their holidays rather than the World Cup in Japan

It always takes a scandal to bring about reform.

We crave explanations for most everything, but innovation and progress happen when we allow ourselves to embrace uncertainty.

The pleasure of working with somebody who's an actor is they don't waste time with stuff that doesn't matter.

The customer is the most important part of the production line.