"God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us."

"A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests."

"Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain."

"No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution."

"It is a quiet truth that vision without execution is fantasy; execution without vision is chaos — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"If there's not drama and negativity in my life, all my songs will be really wack and boring or something."

"In life and in movies, it's a similar challenge, where you have expectations, and you end up in situations that are not meeting your expectations."

"At the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values, and your vision, and the life experiences that make you who you are."