Although we might settle for less, Heavenly Father won't, for he sees us as the glorious beings we are capable of becoming.
When it comes to the Sunnis and Shiites, it is not for the United States or for us or for anyone else to settle who was the heir of Muhammad. This is a Muslim and Arab problem, and they have to deal with it.
We, all of us, are what happens when a primordial mixture of hydrogen and helium evolves for so long that it begins to ask where it came from.
The real world is far more hellish for all us than any fictional representation of it.
Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness.
I know for sure that loves saves me and that it is here to save us all.
Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what we make out of what they do to us.
I believe that all of us are born heterosexual, physically created with a plumbing that's heterosexual, and created with the instincts and desires that are basically, fundamentally, heterosexual.
Mother set impossibly high standards for us, creating tremendous pressures and undermining our ability to accomplish whatever modest aims we may have set for ourselves.
In 2001, we were like most high-tech companies, with one or two primary products that were really important to us.
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
Conservatives need to demonstrate in word and deed that we genuinely care about Hispanics and want them to join us.
Where I think historians can help preserve and actually restore democracy is to remind us of how we got it.
My wife and I both come from Irish families. There are two kinds of Irish families: the hitting kind and the kidding kind. If you're fortunate - and both of us are - you come from the kidding kind of Irish family.
Summer at the Hollis household is all about us getting together and enjoying the pool, and Fourth of July is probably one of my favorite holidays to do just that.
Only the holy spirit, the spirit of the lord, can transform us.
I went to Yosemite as an homage to Ansel Adams. I could never be Ansel Adams, but to know that's there for us - there's so much for us in this country.
The Sun's magnetic field reverses every 11 years. There have been a quarter of a million reversals since our predecessor, Homo Habilis, emerged, and they haven't killed us yet.
Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.