"Not a single time have we gotten a right from Congress or from the President. We get them from God."

"We have allowed the system to be so corrupted that many want justice to be "empathetic," not blind."

"I told you, God is not coy. He's more likely to hit you across the forehead with a two-by-four than whisper in your ear"

"Everyone needs a place where they can go to just ponder for a while. Silence is important; it's the only time you can hear the whispering of truth."

"Look, calling somebody in a wheelchair handicapable doesn`t all of a sudden give them the power to climb stairs or the ability to grab Ho-Hos off the top shelf."

"Money doesn't talk it screams"

"Because others have let us down, it is now our duty to face the hard truths and do the right thing--no matter the personal cost."

"...no one who has passed through the storm has ever regretted the journey. No one stands here and wishes to go back to the other side."

"You never fully appreciate what you had until you don’t have it anymore"

"I was still searching for someone to blame for my suffering. I really wanted someone to transfer my hate to, so that I could stop hating myself."

"Sometimes our strengths are also our weaknesses. Sometimes to be strong you have to first be weak. You have to share your burdens; you have to lean on other people while you face your problems and yourself."

"Always remember where we come from, how we got here, and Who led us into the warmth of the sunshine."

"So I was really composing for full orchestra and of course I didn't know enough chords or harmonies yet but I came up with some interesting stuff."

"It's competition. I don't want to tell you what I'm thinking."

"It?s competition. I don?t want to tell you what I?m thinking."

"I'm so surprised, and I can't find any words for it."

"I'm a bit disappointed in my skating, because I was prepared for this competition. That's competition. It's pressure all the time."

"I had my best performance today. It was great and the most important thing for me."

"Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth."

"I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul"

"The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all."

"Fate wrote her [Queen Caroline] a most tremendous tragedy, and she played it in tights."

"No Roman ever was able to say, `I dined last night with the Borgias'."

"We just want a bit more of a think about it and probably a sleep on it tonight with Bracken (and) MacGill. One of those two guys will play and one won't."