We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
Liberating Iraq from a legacy of violence and putting it on the path to peace and prosperity will take time.
One more recent novelist to come along is Cormac McCarthy. Him, I like.
You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 1012 to 1.
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
I just sing the stuff that makes me smile, makes me feel like I didn't sell myself out.
All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.
But my observation has been, certainly in the news business, you've got to give 110 percent.
Most of us are just about as happy as we make up our minds to be.
I think around the world, our agents are the best collectors of information you'll find.
Never underestimate the capacity of another human being to have exactly the same shortcomings you have.
There's an awareness of fashion in this country, and it's not limited to gay people.
We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun.
If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.
Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.
I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor.
I don't think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they are doing the same thing.
The biggest trading partner of the United States is not West Germany or Japan, it's right here.
In no instance have... the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.
I can tell you 100 percent Pastor Jones will not burn the Quran tomorrow. There will be no Quran burning.