There is one person who sends me three cards every year. One on New Year's, one for my birthday and the third that marks the anniversary of my flight into space.

I would love to be a father. I had a great father who taught me how gratifying that is. I'm not going to deny myself that. I think I'd be good at it. Everybody wants that experience. I definitely do.

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.

Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings.

Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion.

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

Some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heartwarming!

Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

Jealousy is the grave of affection.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality.

Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

Each year on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth, America has the opportunity to reflect on our nation's progress towards the realization of his dream.

We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.

Marriage is a very sacred institution and should not be degraded by allowing every other type of relationship to be made equivalent to it.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.