I weirdly love interior design and real estate and all of that. I really do. I get chills from it.

God seeks to influence humanity. This is at the heart of the Christmas story. It is the story of light coming into the darkness, of a Savior to show us the way, of light overcoming the darkness, of God's work to save the world.

Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.

The senseless killing of 20 children and their teachers and principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School was not part of God's grand plan. It was a thwarting of God's plan. It was the misuse of human freedom.

When my kids were growing up, I wanted their teachers to teach them science, reading, math and history. I also wanted them to care about my kids. But I did not want my children's public school teachers teaching them religion. That was my job as a parent and the job of our church, Sunday school, and youth group.

If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.'

Why did the earthquake and tsunami occur in Japan? Was it the act of an angry God? No, it was the result of the movement and collision of the earth's tectonic plates - a process driven by the earth's need to regulate its own internal temperature. Without the process that creates earthquake, our planet could not sustain life.

Those who are believers in God find strength from their faith in the face of suffering. They are compelled to give sacrificially to help those in need. And they have the hope that comes from knowing that, with God by their side, the tragedy they are facing is never the final word.

We live on a planet that is amazing, beautiful, and full of wonder but not protected from powerful destructive forces of nature. We are capable of doing wonderful and selfless things but also self-absorbed and harmful things. This is the world we live in.

I think anger is a normal response to something horrible that someone has done, another human being has done, and to rob people of life, and that's actually healthy to have, to feel that. At some point you have to figure out, 'How do I let that go?'

As a pastor, I have a deep desire to lead people to God and encourage people to pray, read the Bible, and carry their faith into every part of their lives.

Art is one thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk.

Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.

Nobody speaks the truth when there is something they must have.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

I'm learning Spanish - I got Rosetta Stone for Christmas.

I have a notebook that is filled to the brim with my dreams and ideas and goals and aspirations.

My dreams came true while wearing the opening look from the spring/summer 2010 Dior ready-to-wear collection. I will never forget how special I felt opening John Galliano's show, like I was living a dream.

I have gotten to travel the world and experience all these incredible things thanks to my career.

I love kids, so two things that I have thought about are being a pediatrician or a kindergarten teacher.

My dad said, 'Stay humble, and you gotta work harder than everybody else.' My mom said, 'Always be yourself.' She always told me only God can judge me.

My mom is probably the only person shorter than me that I'm scared of. Still to this day. She's, like, five-two, maybe.

Guys back in the day, we didn't have wallets. I never kept my money in my pocket; my money always went in my sock. My key my mom gave me, I put it in my sock - whatever it was.

I've seen my mother struggling, everything that she did to raise me and my brothers and my sisters, and I know the anger that she went through.

If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.

If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you.

Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what you're asking.

Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.

You're blessed if you have the strength to work.

It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.

Money just draws flies.

Everybody needs somebody.

You make a decision whether you just work on the script and believe in every moment and pick out every moment, or if you sit down and memorize lines. Once you really dig into a script, learning lines becomes almost second nature.

My dad has given me the best gift anyone has ever given me. He gave me wings to fly.

I always go to my mom's house for Christmas.

I'm old school. We're from a small town in Georgia, and I think if we do pictures before the wedding, I think I'm gonna be blindfolded.

If I'm ever having a good time, I'll write about it so I'll remember it.

If a really, really pretty girl needs a ride home, I'm your guy.

Every bit of joy in my heart, you know, every smile on my face is yours. It's awesome to be able to share that with somebody.

Christmas and Thanksgiving are the two days of the year where we know the spurs are going to stay off the boots because the family doesn't have to work. It's such a nice - and rare - treat!

I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it.

I think women are excellent social critics.

At the School of Visual Arts in New York, you can get your degree in Net art, which is really a fantastic way of thinking of theater in new ways.

It's more like Christmas, you know, when you get a shot in that looks great and it's exactly what you want. It's a great feeling, and there's nothing like it.

My mom always encouraged me, it was never weird. She'd look at 'Heavy Metal' and go 'Woo-hoo!'

Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty.

Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?