"Over the years my mother's steadfast faith in God has inspired me, particularly when I had to perform extremely difficult surgical procedures or when I found myself faced with my own medical scare."

"Nobody is starving on the streets. We've always taken care of them. We take care of our own we always have. It is not the government's responsibility."

"Illogical thinkers throw names and slurs around because they have no arguments with which to rebut their opponents. Rational people have to keep hammering their points home."

"There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren't getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society."

"To leave a mark on the world, remember that hope is the anchor of a weary soul."

"Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion."

"If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul."

"I, at any rate, am convinced that He [God] is not playing at dice."