The secret is out. There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a terrible insurgency, read more

The secret is out. There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a terrible insurgency, but a society is finding its way to constitutional politics.

I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't read more

I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't have deep feelings; their pleasure comes from what they know. . . . But this only emphasizes the difference between the artist and the scholar.

We must adopt loathsome diseases for our familiar associates, or we shall never be thoroughly acquainted with their nature and read more

We must adopt loathsome diseases for our familiar associates, or we shall never be thoroughly acquainted with their nature and dispositions; we must risk, nay even injure, our own health in order to be able to preserve or restore that of others.

We've been coming down here to East Texas and this alumni function for the last nine years now. Each year read more

We've been coming down here to East Texas and this alumni function for the last nine years now. Each year this crowd has gotten bigger and better. I think there's 100-150 people in there tonight.

He's kicking, so he's alive and active.

He's kicking, so he's alive and active.

Anybody who knows football knows that everything starts up front on both sides of the ball,

Anybody who knows football knows that everything starts up front on both sides of the ball,

Stocks are only getting cheaper and cheaper, and the U.S. economy is strong as are corporate profits. I was bearish read more

Stocks are only getting cheaper and cheaper, and the U.S. economy is strong as are corporate profits. I was bearish on U.S. equities earlier this year but have now turned positive.

Anytime you go on the road, it's tough. Our kids have fared well away from home and have done a read more

Anytime you go on the road, it's tough. Our kids have fared well away from home and have done a good job of getting ready each week and coming out fired up and ready to play. I don't expect anything different now, because our kids have stepped up in the big games. That's something you've got to be able to do in this district, and we can't go in worried about the past.

You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.

You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.