"Once I get my writing done, then I can turn my attention elsewhere - and not the other way around. The writing has to be the foundation."

“The telescope... is a conduit to the cosmos.”

“If we lose our morality, we will lose our country. It will happen.”

Source : "EXCLUSIVE – Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson breaks his silence: Reality show star says he’s 'a lover not a hater' but REFUSES to back down from anti-gay comments". Speech at White's Ferry Road Church, www.dailymail.co.uk. December 22, 2013.

“. . . word-sniffing . . . is an addiction, like glue -- or snow -- sniffing in a somewhat less destructive way, physically if not economically. . . . As an addict, I am almost guiltily interested in converts to my own illness . . .”

“Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution and all its parts - including the First Amendment and the strict separation of church and state.”

“A good compromise, a good piece of...”

“I turn to someone, I'm not sure, to God I think, but I never ask for anything. I would never pray to win a title; it makes no sense. I've never understood those who pray before a match. I simply give thanks for what I have received.”

“And when the sun goes down and the mood comes upon me, I'll watch the play of the colors on the water, yield to the fleetly dissolving images, and turn into pure feeling, all soft and nice....”

“Despite having seen a fair amount of the world, I still love travelling - I just have an insatiable curiosity and like looking out of a window.”