A good listener truly wants to know the speaker.

A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows.

Communication works for those who work at it.

Anytime we can take narcotics off the street it is significant because it takes them out of the hands of children. It certainly is not going to stop the drug problem, we have to work very, very hard.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

A good listener truly wants to know the speaker.

The only love worthy of a name is unconditional.

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused as children.

Blacks are about seven times more likely to live in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty than whites.

Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection.

We cannot psychologize the grace of God. Gods actions are outside and above our human sciences.

Life is something like a remarkable, exciting puzzle. It comes piece by piece in packages marked days.

The voice of the Holy Father was like a light.

The 'Fake News Alert' Chrome extension, created by 'New York Magazine' journalist Brian Feldman, identifies hoax news articles. However, cutting out fake news source entirely from operating is easier said than done, since anyone with internet access can create fake news.

The film is not a success until it makes money. It's only good when there's a dollar figure attached to the box office.

I love to feature children and young adults as real people - flawed, naive, virtuous, venal - but real. I think it adds nuance and depth to the stories that wouldn't exist without them.

Everything's gonna be alright just trust God.

I would like to be a scholar in whatever I do, a scholar is never finished, he is always seeking and I am always seeking.

I have a Ford Taurus, and I don't care who knows it.

When you pick up a book, everyone knows it's imaginary. You don't have to pretend it's not a book. We don't have to pretend that people don't write books. That omniscient third-person narration isn't the only way to do it. Once you're writing in the first person, then the narrator is a writer.

Americans move more than 10 times over the course of a lifetime.

We believe democracy to be the only real guarantor of stability and we have sought to create a 'Jordanian model' that might also inspire others in our region. I wish democracy and peace to be my legacy to my people and the shield of generations to come.

Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the great love God showed in giving us in Christ a pledge of His love; for love calls for love in return. Let us strive to keep this always before our eyes and to rouse ourselves to love Him.

Patriotism demands the ability to feel shame as much as to feel pride.

You can't regulate what these kids are being exposed to on the Internet. It's so way out of control. All you can do is just try to talk to your own kids.

Wealth is the ultimate panacea to poverty.

I started off wanting very much to be a newscaster.

If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.

I've done no harm to no one. In fact, I think I've improved the world.

Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse.

No woman can be completely happy at any one moment in time. They're always anticipating the next thing to argue or complain about.

If one more 'journalist' makes a cavalier statement about me and my band, I will personally or with my fans' help, greet them at their home and discover just how much they believe in their freedom of speech.

The particular way I'm going to die is not going to be particularly pleasant. It will probably be physically uncomfortable, and it won't be an easy thing for my wife and kids to watch. I think it will be a real challenge to see if I can squeeze the lemons hard enough to still get lemonade the last few weeks.

Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way.

The key to a self-fulfilled life lies in consistent selfless deeds.

When you genuinely feel like that was the right relationship, you're supposed to give it all you can. That's what marriage is about.