When the audience leaves I'd like them to feel positive when they go.
A guy as great as Brett Favre has been for the length of time he's been you would hope that he would be able to leave the game with a positive flavor in his mouth.
When you're a houseguest and you leave it's nice to straighten something up or send your hosts a useful gift. And when you leave the planet it's nice to have made a positive contribution.
'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say.
I was on leave from local and regional politics as long as I was a Minister.
I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
Politics like theater is one of those things where you've got to be wise enough to know when to leave.
Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting but they have something missing in their natures there is a hole an empty place and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen.
With participation in politics so low at the moment I think Christians should ensure their views are represented at all levels and not leave it to others.
Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo to serve the common good and to leave this nation better than we found it.