There's nothing like love or incumbent death to make you realize how many things you still want to do.

Go out on the front porch of the house, turn the Washington Post over with your big toe, and if your name's above the fold, you know you're not going to have a good day.

To accomplish big things, I am convinced you must first dream big dreams.

A perfect marriage is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other.

The notion that anything is gained by fixing a language in a groove is cherished only by pedants.

Success is not something to wait for, it is something to work for.

He who has Christ has all he needs and needs no more.

We must spread our principles, not with words but with deeds, for this is the most popular, the most potent, and the most irresistible form of propaganda.

Echo is the voice of a reflection in a mirror.

Thankfully, readers send a lot of stuff. They see stories in their local newspaper. Or friends of mine email me, what they heard or saw. ... I'm very plugged in

I am not an optimist, because I am not sure that everything ends well. Nor am I a pessimist, because I am not sure that everything ends badly. I just carry hope in my heart.