"Peace may cost as much as war, but it is a better buy."

"Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend."

"It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it."

"This nation will never go back to the false comforts of the world before 911. We are engaging the enemy as we must, in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, so we will not have to face them here at home."

"What is not nailed down is mine. Anything that I can pry loose was not nailed down."

"The world is divided into two kinds of people, those who spend a great deal of time saving money, and those who spend a great deal of money saving time."

"Change does not change tradition. It strengthens it. Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat."

"She did not talk to people as if they were strange hard shells she had to crack open to get inside. She talked as if she were already in the shell. In their very shell."

"If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?"

"I want all hellions to quit puffing that hell fume in God's clean air."

"I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught."

"The activity of love and faith is what makes heaven."