“Middle East has been in turmoil for thousands of years. For us to think that we’re going to in there and fix that with a couple of little bombs and a few little decorations is relatively foolish.”

I always say if God didn’t allow any bad things to happen we would already be in heaven, and we are not there.

We recognize that North Korea is in severe financial straits, and they have decided to use their resources to build their military, rather than to feed their people and to take care of the various humanitarian responsibilities that they have.

Obviously, discipline is necessary for children. Training is necessary for children. Just like if you want to train a vine, you have to apply physical manipulation to get it to go where you want it to go, but as it learns, then you don’t have to do that.

I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.

An important verity about knowledge is that the brain works most effectively with consciously retained information. We more easily remember what we want to recall later.

No matter who you are,no matter what you do-do not be too big for GOD.

If you’re black and you oppose a progressive agenda, and you’re pro life, and you’re pro family, then they do not even know what to call you. You end up on some watch list for extremists.

Ruthless is not necessarily the word I would use, but tough, resolute, understanding what the problems are, and understanding that the job of the president of the United States is to protect the people of this country and to do what is necessary in order to get it done.

I came to realize that if people could make me angry they could could control me. Why should I give someone else such power over my life?

Evolution and creationism both require faith. It’s just a matter of where you choose to place that faith.

Do not underestimate the importance of feeling special.

I am convinced that knowledge is power – to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.

It doesn’t matter if you come from the inner city. People who fail in life are people who find lots of excuses. It’s never too late for a person to recognize that they have potential in themselves.

What a wonderful thing is to be able to contribute to the restoration of someone’s health. It’s not only a feeling that I’m worth something, but that I have something to contribute.

Why would I want to run for Congress and continue to get tainted with all the things that people get tainted with as they come along the system.

When I look at the human brain I’m still in awe of it.

Fame is always a shock to the system; there’s no school to go to, there are no books to read, and when it hits you, it’s a surprise. You could be working for 10, 20 years and when it finally hits you, you get knocked down.

We all feel really blessed to have been with my dad for these 85 years.

My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.

My new single ‘I’m Gonna show you crazy’ is really about knowing it’s okay to not be okay.

I left Somalia when I was seven years old, but I witnessed a whole year in a war.

I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow.

I sat behind Thurman Thomas for my first couple of years, then my first year starting I won the Heisman. After I won the Heisman, that’s when things changed as far as going to the NFL.

The idea that vaccines are a primary cause of autism is not as crackpot as some might wish. Autism’s 60-fold rise in 30 years matches a tripling of the US vaccine schedule.