“Jobs that cannot be delivered must never be promised. It’s unfair to raise people’s hopes that way.”

I know that education is all about discipline and motivation. Disadvantaged students need extra attention, a stable school environment, and enough teacher creativity to stimulate their imaginations. Those things are not expensive.

I think that the terrible, disgraceful coverage actually got Donald Trump elected, along with Hillary Clinton’s inability to connect with voters on any level. That’s another thing, she was a terrible candidate.

Donald Trump is an entertainer. Okay. He goes on shows like Howard Stern’s to get people to watch his program. “The Apprentice” or buy his books or whatever.

If you are a kid in America, and you live in a secular home and go to public school, you know nothing about Jesus of Nazareth. The only time you hear the word Jesus is when somebody’s yelling at you – Jesus, okay?

You can’t be a real man if you don’t look out for your kids. They need you.

Yeah, I’m obnoxious, yeah, I cut people off, yeah, I’m rude. You know why? Because you’re busy.

How we choose to combat that challenge is often life-defining. You can face difficulties head-on, or run from them, or ignore them until they consume you. But no one escapes conflict. No one.

It’s very difficult to pin down the President of the United States without subpoena powers.

Saturday night at my house, I often trot out classic movies and force the urchins to watch them. There is much wailing and gnashing of teeth, but I think it’s important to teach kids about American culture, and films are certainly a big part of it.

The chief al Qaeda recruiting tool is the net.

You know, when Sharpton and I walked in, it was, like, big commotion and everything, but everybody was very nice.

It’s just that who he’s negotiating with that changes and he believes that he can impose better deals and the United States with benefit from them.

I’m just a loud Irish guy.

The Denver Post has actually hired an editor to promote pot.

Texting is addicting. Once you get emotionally involved with constant outside stimulation assaulting your brain, it is hard to stop looking at your machine every two minutes. Without rapid fire words appearing on a screen, you feel bored, not part of the action.

Alaskans are basically ‘leave me alone’ type people who respect and embrace different strokes.

no job is a good job if it isn’t good for you.

Healing is an inside job.

I think we’ve made it a golden idol. I think we in the church have treated it differently than we’ve treated anything else.

On every level, despite differences in personalities and jobs

I think ultimately what you really want is a few people within any label that are into the band enough to really work on it every day for a long time and to actually try a little bit.

That’s our job – to strap rockets onto everything.

I’m a lifelong movie addict, and one of my favorite projects is making replica props and costumes.

At 15 I auditioned for 42nd Street in Australia. Dein Perry was in that show. I actually got the job but I couldn’t do it because I was only 15. Legally I needed to have another 15-year-old to cover consecutive nights.