Mr. Obama would be a disheartening president even during a super boom, with his grim demeanor and empty rhetoric, as well as his obvious hatred of business bravado.
One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality.
I've always wanted to work with Sean Connery - there's something about his style, and his calm, cool demeanor that I find intriguing.
The supernatural birth of Christ, his miracles, his resurrection and ascension, remain eternal truths, whatever doubts may be cast on their reality as historical facts.
Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.
Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking.
Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.
I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments.
That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his defects.
Kevin Costner told me that 'True' was his and his wife's song. I'm not sure if that's a good thing because they split up soon after.
When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril.
Prayer concerns God, whose purposes and plans are conditioned on prayer. His will and His glory are bound up in praying.
God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.
No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness.
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort.
Snowden has been very sparing about discussing his early life or his personal life.
Reagan himself, for much of his life, was devoted against the elites. His antagonism to the Soviet Union is antagonism against oppression by the elites of the many.
There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.
One way to appreciate C.S. Lewis is to see how his Christian humility shaped his life and work.
A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.
