“Being a doctor at Johns Hopkins does not make me any better in God’s sight than the individual who has not had the opportunity to gain such an education but who still works hard.”

These are just things that we don’t know, and that’s where trust and faith come in.

When we are confronted by failure and mistakes, we can leave them behind and go on with our lives.

And I know you’re not supposed to say ‘Nazi Germany,’ but I don’t care about political correctness. You know, you had a government using its tools to intimidate the population. We now live in a society where people are afraid to say what they actually believe.

We turned our back on Israel, our ally. You know, and a situation like that, of course [Barack]Obama’s not going to be able to do anything. I would shore up our military first, because if you don’t get the military right, nothing else is going to work.

It’s very important for people to know themselves and understand what their value system is, because if you don’t know what your value system is, then you don’t know what risks are worth taking and which ones are worth avoiding.

A truly moral nation enacts policies that encourage personal responsibility and discourage self-destructive behavior by not subsidizing people who live irresponsibly and make poor choices.

Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery.

I actually don’t think that I’m that much smarter than anybody else. It’s just that I frequently just seem to know what to do, and I think that’s wisdom.

It’s not what you do but that kind of job you do that makes the difference.

We will continue to redefine it in any way that we wish, which is a slippery slope with a disastrous ending, as witnessed in the dramatic fall of the Roman Empire.

I would love to see music reinstated as an essential part of schooling. The culture that it brings; the knowledge that it brings.

Here is the treasure chest of the world – the public library, or a bookstore.

I’m convinced that we all harvest the fruits of our labors.

We seem to be afraid to give the Kurds weaponry. We like to send it for some strange reason through Baghdad, and then they only get a tenth of it.

What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree.

Say your prayers. And I’ll say mine. Because I really think it helps.

I’ve been quiet most of today. By which I mean I can see myself in the mirror; And believe me it is something hard to look at these days.

Those that were up themselves, kept others low; Those that were low themselves, held others hard; He suffered them to ryse or greater grow; But every one did strive his fellow down to throw.

The fish once caught, new bait will hardly bite.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.

I simply seem to drift. But I sort of allow the drift, because it has a kind of check – it forces me to work harder at what I’m interested in.

Hard it is to teach the old horse to amble anew.

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.