Being Irish he had an abiding sense of tragedy which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.

There's no abiding success without commitment.

Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to look for the threads how to follow how to connect find in the thick of the tangle what clear line persists.

All human beings have an innate need to hear and tell stories and to have a story to live by. religion whatever else it has done has provided one of the main ways of meeting this abiding need.

No art form points like poetry to this originality of language as to its essential and abiding concern.

The state's interest in marriage is stability. Generally speaking polygamy does not work for stability. Inherent in the whole polygamous movement is a deep and abiding misogyny and denigration of women. So polygamy is objectionable on lots of grounds.

Like all other law-abiding Americans I fully support legal immigration.

The great and abiding lesson of American history particularly the cold war is that the engine of capitalism the individual is mightier than any collective.

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.

I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth and the keystone of our religion and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts than by any other book.

Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash.

Amidst the confusion of the times the conflicts of conscience and the turmoil of daily living an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives.

My parents shared not only an improbable love they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name Barack or blessed believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

I've got a very deep and abiding passion about education being far more than buildings and textbooks it's what children bring into school with them.

The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.

If we're going to change the laws let's change them in ways which makes it easier to catch criminals and yet at the same time protect the Second Amendment rights of our law-abiding citizens.

There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory beauty truth knowledge virtue and abiding love.