Throughout human history, countries rise and fall. But not America--we continue to rise and rise, like dough, until Jesus bakes us in the fiery Afterscape of the Rapture.

The first sound a child hears is very important. It determines character. A Muslim child always hears the Azan first. Words in praise of God. Words to live by.

When we operate on the basis of the will to control, we are aware of only one kind of "evil": the failure of existence to conform to the plan we have for it.

Stale godliness is ungodliness. Let our religion be as warm, and constant, and natural as the flow of the blood in our veins. A living God must be served in a living way.

Betrayal. Lust. Secrecy. Devotion. I think we do these things to feel more alive. When the truth is that alive is alive -- you can feel it in anything, if you give it a chance.

Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.

I'd rather write great songs because the word "commercial" is so subjective

I woke up this morning, smiled at the rising sun.

[Ted Cruz] lies about things that he shouldn't be lying about. He lies about things that don't matter.

By definition, acting is improvisation, even if you follow the lines. You invent what you do, when you do it.

When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.