My early work and publications centered around expanding on the analysis of life insurance in my dissertation and its relationship to investment banking.

Once you accept the existence of God - however you define him however you explain your relationship to him - then you are caught forever with his presence in the center of all things.

I'm not deeply ideologically driven. I believe in good center-right politics.

Things happen in American politics in the political center. If the President will meet us in the center there are things we can accomplish.

African-Americans who might have disagreed with candidate Obama's left-of-center politics voted for him in 2008 because electing a candidate with brown skin was too historic an opportunity to miss.

I don't think politics has anything to do with left right or center. It has to do with trying to do right by people.

A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk.

I've teamed up with PetSmart Charities to celebrate the five million homeless pets who've found homes through their in-store adoption centers and to spread the word about how we can work together to save millions more pets' lives and ultimately end pet homelessness.

The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation of man's belief in humanity his need for individual dignity his beliefs in the cooperation of men and through cooperation his ability to find greatness.

A mind at peace a mind centered and not focused on harming others is stronger than any physical force in the universe.