“Our schools too often want to shut people up so they can’t talk about real solutions. People who think differently tend to clam up because they think something is wrong with their ideas.”

I think God’s a pretty fair guy.

If God thinks proportionality is fair who are we to say that it is unfair?

There’s absolutely no reason at all that physicians, scientists, shouldn’t be involved in things that affect all of us.

By thinking big, we can transform our world.

The left, of course, will say Carson doesn’t believe in the Geneva Convention, Carson doesn’t believe in fighting stupid wars. And – and what we have to remember is we want to utilize the tremendous intellect that we have in the military to win wars.

I have no problem with being vetted. What I do have a problem with is being lied about and then putting that as truth.

We need to be willing to stand up and speak up for what we believe.

A good surgeon doesn’t just concentrate on technical ability, but also on the appropriateness of what you’re doing.

I would prefer that in the Republican party, we not engage in trying to destroy each other, because all that does is hand the election over to the Democrats.

We need to be on a war footing. We need to understand that our nation is in grave danger.

God would grant all of us wisdom, calm, and peace, that his presence would be in the operating room, and that his will might be done.

If we commit ourselves to reading thus increasing our knowledge, only God limits how far we can go in this world.

You have to try, you have to try everything you can.

I hope we, the American people, can come to the understanding that we are not each other’s enemies. The enemies are those who are stoking the flames of division, trying to divide us into every category.

Our children need to see and hear about more black role models in many fields so they can make better choices.

My favorite subject was recess. Fortunately for me, I had a mother who believed I was smart.

Columbus real achievement was managing to cross the ocean successfully in both directions. Though an accomplished enough mariner, he was not terribly good at a great deal else, especially geography, the skill that would seem most vital in an explorer.

The poem is not, as someone put it, deflective of entry. But the real question is, ‘What happens to the reader once he or she gets inside the poem?’

I know real people, whose names I could tell you, people I know who have said “I’ve stopped buying the New York Times.” Why? Because their editorial position has filtered, has leached into the news pages.

When all material advancements utilized in spiritual need that is the real advancement of human civilization.

When I started out, everyone seemed to be adopting these names… Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious. I wasn’t really Rotten or Vicious or Nasty, so I wanted something a bit more funny – yet something that seemed real rock ‘n’ roll… something that acknowledged my ambition.

The backslider likes the preaching that wouldn’t hit the side of a house, while the real disciple is delighted when the truth brings him to his knees.

But anything that you hear about Japan is nothing like what you see when you actually go over there and see it, you know, in a real situation.

I think clarity is the real risk in poetry because you are exposed. You’re out in the open field. You’re actually saying things that are comprehensible, and it’s easy to criticize something you can understand.