Your first obligation, I suppose, is to your God. Your second is to your family. And your third is to your community. And you ought to try to fulfill all of those in your life.

You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.

I want to be mayor, but I don’t need to be mayor. I’m not a career politician.

WHEN SOMEBODY GOES AWAY THERE'S THINGS YOU WANT TO TELL THEM. WHEN SOMEBODY DIES MAYBE THAT'S THE WORST THING. YOU WANT TO TELL THEM THINGS THAT HAPPEN AFTER.

For Christian writers, religious faith is not a rebellion against reason, but a revolt against the imprisonment of humanity within the cold walls of a rationalist dogmatism.

There are no windows within the dark house of depression through which to see others, only mirrors.

The density of meaning is external and context dependent.

Respect for people is the cornerstone of communication and networking.

The hurt affects your ability to go forward.

You never know when you're going to get an opportunity.

I tend to fall for the archetypal, talented, charismatic rock boy.

There is nothing in the world like persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.

Once, when the days were ages, And the old Earth was young, The high gods and the sages From Nature's golden pages Her open secrets wrung.