Our temper sets a price upon every gift that we receive from fortune.
There is no conflict between science and theology, except where there is bad science or bad theology.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
I can think of no better way of redeeming this tragic world today than love and laughter. Too many of the young have forgotten how to laugh, and too many of the elders have forgotten how to love. Would not our lives be lightened if only we could all learn to laugh more easily at ourselves and to love one another?
There is no academic virtue in playing mediocre football and no academic vice in winning a game that by all odds one should lose. . . There has indeed been a surrender at Notre Dame, but it is a surrender to excellence on all fronts, and in this we hope to rise above ourselves with the help of God.
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.
My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are cheap; you make them because they're right.
I am alone with the masses.
When you parent, it's crucial you realize you aren't raising a mini-me, but a spirit throbbing with its own signature. For this reason, it's important to separate who you are from who each of your children is. Children aren't ours to possess or own in any way. When we know this in the depths of our soul, we tailor our raising of them to their needs, rather than molding them to fit our needs.
Once you start making money, you can be an ass. But I am not an ass. I'm too lazy, that takes a lot of energy.
Paul Harvey was the most listened to man in the history of radio. . . . There is no one who will ever come close to him.