There's nothing pretty about ice. Ice grows nothing. But we've got this in our minds that we've got to make everything cold.

I would encourage the next commander in chief to be more cooperative and communicative with Congress, particularly when entering a conflict.

I am extremely proud of our remarkable men and women who serve in our military, but the reality is that this is a shrinking percentage of the American population. Unfortunately, this has resulted in a growing disconnect between our military and civilian population. At one time, we had participation from nearly every American. Victory gardens, metal collections, saving stamps and bonds-everyone did their part to support our military. We simply don't do that anymore.

Remember in 1973 the same science chatter said that the coming Ice Age is going to occur, we're going to lose millions of people. And the politicians knew how to solve it, they just didn't have the courage to solve it; they were going to put coal dust on the Arctic.

You've got to be willing to forgive and say, 'God, get something good out of something bad.' And if you'll make that choice... God will do it.

That's one of our biggest problems, it's always somebody else's fault instead of our own fault.

The military taught me the importance of getting something done in a timely manner and the importance of completing a mission on time. My lieutenant would say, 'If you don't, you die.' In many ways, life is the same. If you don't pay attention to a timeline, you lose out on the ability to accomplish the task at hand.