We establish no religion in this country nor will we ever. But we poison our society when we remove its theological underpinnings. We court corruption when we leave society devoid of belief.

There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion which causes us to leave the world and seek God.

Religion leaves no room for human complexity.

No one leaves a long-term relationship scot-free or without conflict.

It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It's the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That's the power of the gospel.

In my books and in romance as a genre there is a positive uplifting feeling that leaves the reader with a sense of encouragement and hope for a brighter future - or a brighter present.

When the audience leaves I'd like them to feel positive when they go.

A guy as great as Brett Favre has been for the length of time he's been you would hope that he would be able to leave the game with a positive flavor in his mouth.

When you're a houseguest and you leave it's nice to straighten something up or send your hosts a useful gift. And when you leave the planet it's nice to have made a positive contribution.

'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say.

I was on leave from local and regional politics as long as I was a Minister.

I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.

Politics like theater is one of those things where you've got to be wise enough to know when to leave.

Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting but they have something missing in their natures there is a hole an empty place and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen.

With participation in politics so low at the moment I think Christians should ensure their views are represented at all levels and not leave it to others.

Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo to serve the common good and to leave this nation better than we found it.

Consul - in American politics a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.

What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again.

The United States brags about its political system but the President says one thing during the election something else when he takes office something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.

Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be for the world an example of a genuinely free democratic just and humane society.

I will not leave a corner of my consciousness covered up but saturate myself with the strange and extraordinary new conditions of this life and it will all refine itself into poetry later on.

I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate or just never come back I needed some breathing room. I'd already been translating French poetry I'd been to Paris once before and liked it very much and so I just went.

As for how criticism of Keats' poetry relates to criticism of my own work I'll leave that for others to decide.

When I sing I have a sense of peace I feel like my brain turns off and I become the core person of who I am - the essence of me. I feel connected to whatever is out there. It's almost like I leave my body and get to watch.