We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.
The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.
God's role in superintending our world and our lives is neither absentee landlord nor micromanager.
When I lived in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., I was rather proud that my landlord was almost the only African-American in my unofficially segregated neighbourhood (the other one was the adopted child of our admirable next-door neighbours).
I'm told by our internal surveys that we take of customers - by customers themselves directly and by a very large group of our employees - that there's a new spirit at United.
If you repress rather than unlock the potential of large groups of Americans, what's that going to do to our economy? It's going to contract, not expand.
Cisco presents our biggest challenge in the firewall market for the fact that they have such a large percentage of market share. Displacement of an entrenched incumbent is always a challenge.
Small businesses are the backbone of Oklahoma's economy, creating a large portion of jobs in our state.
All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.
I have faith that God often uses our deepest pain as the launching pad of our greatest calling.
Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.
I'm knocking our pitiful, pathetic lawmakers.
Louisiana's spicy, colorful politics have saddled our state with a reputation for tolerating lax ethical standards in government.
Our laws are too lax, our justice system too weak - particularly when it comes to violent, dangerous offenders.
What the SEAL teams do, what our training does, is it chips away the outer that layer and shows you what you're capable of and not capable of.
There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.
There's no such thing as a lead singer in our band.
When President Obama visited Japan, we were able to confirm that our alliance is playing a leading role in ensuring a peaceful and prosperous Asia-Pacific.
If the leaks continue, we are strong as our weakest link. And I'll say it a little differently in a pun. We're strong as our weakest leak.
Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.
