Quotes About Values

I am humbled and honored to receive the Genesis Prize, recognizing not just my professional achievements and my desire to improve the world, but also my commitment to my Jewish identity, Jewish values, and Jewish culture.

My children not only inspired me to reconsider what kind of eating animal I would be, but also shamed me into reconsideration.

I'll put my conservative record up against anybody's record. I have a 10-year career in public service, and I'm proud of the things I've been able to accomplish.

Even before I got the record deal, I never really used singing to get girls. I always felt weird about that.

I'm really proud to say that in the recorded history of our family, we've never had a divorce or any kind of homosexual relationship.

There are still recording artists out there doing things for the right reason, but a lot of people seem to be just driven by fame.

In all the time that people have known me, has anyone ever heard me talk about the importance of rushing records or finishing with the most touchdowns? So if that's never been important to me, then why would that be a motivation to keep playing?

I'm not embarrassed about how we recruit, how we treat kids, and how we coach them.

American exceptionalism is the recurring character in the nation's narrative.

Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place.

I do not like the red carpet; I prefer the green pitch.

I don't get much out of doing a red carpet.

I have a life that I enjoy; I try and value the things that I think are worth valuing and everything else is icing. You know, it is a kick to go down the red carpet in that dress and then you go back home.

You are supposed to have a dream of walking the red carpet. But I'm really not like that. Because fame is... I don't think it is something interesting or precious.

And when you redefine the family other than what the Creator intended when he established it, then you look at the devolution of civilization.

To me, redneck is a sense of self and a way of life.

It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America.

I've made a point of not being, say what I refer to as a 'careerist' about anything.

Our points of reference in America aren't steeped in literature; they're steeped in that five minutes between commercials.

A national festival is an occasion to refine and rebuild the national character.

At some point you've got to get to yourself and say, 'Wait a minute, I've been handed this legacy but I have to become accountable so I don't hand a lot of it on to my children.'

So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such a situation because no one in our family ever had any money.

You don't want money to make you a social freak where you can only hang out with rich people.

Don't expect things to happen fast. Be empathetic with the people you are photographing. Don't be concerned about money.