Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.

For the VA to thrive as an integrated health care network, it must be agile and adaptive.

There is a famous saying 'It's hard to be a Jew.' It's also hard to be a Palestinian. I know that.

A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain, but teaches us at every step the precarious tenure on which we hold our present being.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

I'm glad that my music has helped other people as it's helped me. It makes me glad that I did what I did with my life.