No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true.
I have not seen Al Gore's movie.
There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must be directly confronted. At that point, we must show that beyond our resolutions is actual resolve.
After 911 we were prepared to use military force. We were prepared to go after not only the terrorists, but those who sponsor terror and provide sanctuary and safe harbor for them. We were prepared to use our intelligence assets the way we would against an enemy that threatened the United States itself, to put in place, for example, things like the Terror Surveillance Program and to have a robust interrogation program on detainees. Those are the acts you take when you feel you're at war and that the very existence of the nation is threatened.
You know, in this business, you don't have any control over what the press says and how they portray things. And that's their prerogative. But I think anybody who looks at it objectively has trouble making the case that somehow this is a bad economy.
I've been extraordinarily fortunate that I've been able to go live a very active, stressful life. And I don't believe that my heart disease changed me for the worst.
The Columbia is lost, but the dreams that inspired its crew remain with us.
To find recreation in amusements is not happiness; for this joy springs from alien and extrinsic sources, and is therefore dependent upon and subject to interruption by a thousand accidents, which may minister inevitable affliction.
Sometimes you need to live with a painting for a while. Starting a painting can be easy, but finishing it. . . that's the skill of the painter, how you finally know when it's done.
I am afraid that if you want to go down into history you'll have to do something for it.
When it comes to responding to Jesus, I find it's important to distinguish between reverence, religion, and relationship.