The sum of all technical knowledge cannot make a master contract player.

A deck of cards was built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it and a lackey to those above it.

Power politics is the diplomatic name for the law of the jungle.

We must conquer war or war will conquer us.

God and the politicians willing, the United States can declare peace upon the world, and win it.

I had always been fascinated by the bizarre world of cards. It was a world of pure power politics where rewards and punishments were meted out immediately.

Politics. The diplomatic name for the law of the jungle.

You have a mother?" His mouth quirked with humor. "Yep, and a father too! Every kid normally has one of each to begin with. He was teasing me in an affectionate way...

Often the best gifts we can give each other cost nothing.

There is but a gentle stillness inside every cerebral. Tiny waterfalls of blood vessels rushing, becoming lethal.

I think the first draft is so challenging because that elusive BALANCE is so challenging.

Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes they were the easiest for his feet.

I’d prefer to see both knees on the ground. I mean, if you’re going to grovel, be the best groveler you can, right?

Dress how you feel and love what you wear because at the end of the day you have got to wear and feel great in it.

Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying.

Prayer is not logical, it is a mysterious moral working of the Holy Spirit.

It's not the time we spend but how we spend the time that truly tells our story.