Because if you have a strong foundation like we have, then you can build or rebuild anything on it. But if you've got a weak foundation you can't build anything.

I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.

You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.

Because if you have a strong foundation like we have, then you can build or rebuild anything on it. But if you've got a weak foundation you can't build anything.

There's a greatness in this country many of the kids today don't know.

But this country is a great country and will always rebound.

Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby.

I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that served. But this generation doesn't quite know; they haven't been tested.

My family has served the country in almost every major war since the Civil War.

Our firefighters are our last line of defense baby.

When I was getting ready for the release of 'Deadline,' when it was coming out soon, I decided that the appropriate way to get people excited about the book would be to write a novella in 30 pieces and publish a piece on my blog every day for a month... during a convention, a week-and-a-half-long trip to New York, and a doll traders' expo.

I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.

I've done a lot of self-improvement. I'm always working on being a better person.

Sometimes it is a great joy just to listen to someone we love talking.

The physical presence of other Christians is a source of incomparable joy and strength to the believer.

In syndication, the biggest buyers are car dealerships.

It doesn't matter how many A-levels you have, what kind of a degree you have, if you have good manners, people will like you.

There's a difference between an outburst of spontaneous anger, which doesn't have a political objective, and a more measured response that we saw in the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Onboarding starts with satisfying the most basic of Maslow's psychological needs: belonging. New hires shouldn't arrive to an empty cube and be forced to forage through corridors searching for a computer and the bare necessities of office life. A new hire isn't a surprise visitor from out of town. Plan for their arrival.

I'm in a rage all of the time.

Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman came to see our show, We all had a drink before they set off on their travels, and we kept in touch.

Speeches are much easier if you read them. I just find when I do that, it's harder to fire up the crowd.

Half-jokingly, I asked what was wrong with me. So we made a deal: I would run his biological research provided I had a free hand to run my new project.

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.

It is clear that rituals and sacrifices can bring people together, and it may well be that a group that does such things has an advantage over one that does not. But it is not clear why a religion has to be involved. Why are gods, souls, an afterlife, miracles, divine creation of the universe, and so on brought in?

Writing, for me, is a very fluid process. I sit down and wait for the words to come. They usually do - in buckets and waves. I look upon it as a blessing because the words come so easily.

I have the most fun writing and directing. And I always choose myself as the lead actor.

Transportation is the center of the world! It is the glue of our daily lives. When it goes well, we don't see it. When it goes wrong, it negatively colors our day, makes us feel angry and impotent, curtails our possibilities.

The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude.

A script narration is like watching a film, and I react to it like an audience with my own instinct. After that, I look for what is my character, what will I bring to the table in that role, how challenging will it be.

I'm a Progressive. Much in the same way our founding fathers - who, oddly enough, wouldn't get elected today - were Progressives.

Some people talk about children wanting to be born as though somewhere out there in the collective unconscious there's a spirit, or a thought or an idea that wants to be born. And I sometimes feel that way about stories... that they're there and they want to be told.

It's important to be the gatekeeper against dangerous ideas.

I'm not religious. I'm spiritual. Religious seems too much like a club.