"Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time."

"My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values."

"If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort to help those left behind, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to the fraying social fabric that threatens all Americans."

"We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem."

"Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction."

"The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument."

"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will."

"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand."