"It is my goal to love everyone. I hate no one. Regardless of their race, religion, their proclivities, the desire of their heart and how they want to live their life and the decisions that they make. I can even respect people's decisions and lifestyle choices just as I hope they have the courtesy to respect my decisions and my choices."

"I think controversy is not always a bad thing. Jesus was controversial. It's through controversy that people often wake up and smell the coffee and say, 'What's going on here? Do we need to rethink something here?'"

"God makes it really clear that society and civilization is really held together by the glue of families... When a man and a woman come together and say 'I do,' they are committing for a lifetime to love each other and to model what love is and what forgiveness is and what joy is to their kids."

"Do I support the idea of gay marriage? No, I don't."

"If I signed it that is the way it really happened. I don't know of any individuals who are saying anything different. I have no idea what is going on with that."

"In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards."

"Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully."

"To create the power of competence without creating a corresponding direction to guide the use of that power is bad education."