Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands.

Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands.

To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to the oppressed, and think no more is a profound moral fault.

I mean, like a lot of kids growing up in the early seventies, I was fed Dr. Kissinger with my Fruit Loops. He was the Dr. Ruth of American foreign policy, and the model statesman.

Anybody looking at the history even of the 20th century would not single out Islam as the bloodthirsty religion; it was Christian/Nazi/Communist Europe and Buddhist/Taoist/Hindu/atheist Asia that set records for mass slaughter.

Balance is the enemy of art.

What keeps me up at night? Sometimes it's day-to-day work stuff. And a lot of the times, it's, 'Am I making the wrong decisions in terms of reaching young women?'

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

I have a terrible memory.

I've been snowboarding my whole life. My wife's really good, and I just try to keep up with her.

Even if you're not Christian, just from being in our culture you know Jesus and resurrection and redemption.

Confidence, as a teenager? Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I loved cats. Those three things. So, even though I was an only kid, I could be happy because I knew what I loved.

Parents, they're strict on you when you're little, and you don't understand why. But as you get older, you understand and you appreciate it.

If you're going to buy a suit, don't buy one off the peg if you can afford not to. Go to a tailor, as I always do; find the style you like, and have it fitted to your shape.

The universities are available only to those who share my revolutionary beliefs.

When things fall apart the broken pieces allow all sorts of things to enter and one of them is the presence of God.

But I look at failure as education. In that respect, I am so well-educated.

It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop believing him.

Everybody is great when things are great. It's the 'not great' stuff that matters.

I did some sports. It was a bit frustrating. I wasn't the greatest sports person.

In the cherry blossoms shade theres no such thing as a stranger.

The individual has always to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.

There was one emotional outlet my people always had when they had the blues. That was singing.

I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.

I've always had a fascination with cars and racing, not that I've ever competed.

We shall continue to work for a Middle East that is free of strife and violence, living in harmony without the threat of terrorism or the dangers of weapons of mass destruction.

There's something so intimate about a picnic with your guy. And as the temperature begins to rise, eating outside becomes refreshing and romantic.