C.S. O'Kelly Quotes

I was 12 when I started and 34 before I achieved my dream, that should give people hope.

Exaggerated self-importance is deemed an individual fault, but a racial virtue.

I think sometimes when you look long term, you kind of forget to take care of what you have to take care of on a daily basis. We're into short-term goals more than long-term goals.

Television can be a very fickle place

Personal branding is about figuring who you are and what turns you on and then monetising it

Gather up your courage like an armful of free clothes at a McQueen sample sale and follow your inner voice wherever it takes you.

What technology is really about is better ways to evolve. That is what we call an 'infinite game.' ... A finite game is played to win, and an infinite game is played to keep playing.

Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing.

Authentic interest is generated when students are given the opportunity to delve deeply into an interesting idea.

I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!

The future of dance will always be tied up with the public's acceptance of the star. If they accept the star, then they'll accept the dance.

I believe people have to be open to what's happening when they're alive.

I'm not interested in the texture of a rock, but in its shadow.

The way you live your life depends on you.

And it occurs to me that maybe the reason my mother was so exhausted all the time wasn’t because she was doing so much but because she was feeling so much.

Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.

Surfing is my religion, if I have one.

Getting angry doesn't solve anything.

Once I started singing, I didn't have to try to be cool. I was just one of the coolest guys around.

I realized this weak that I just cannot do it all. So I will choose to do what i can, fabulously.

I think brutal honesty is extremely important. Don't be afraid of being up-front about your feelings and your life. I'd rather be an honest friend than a phony lover.

Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts.

All my paintings are usually done in drawing form, very small. I make notations in drawings first, and then I make a collage for color. But drawing is always my notation.

I've always thought surfing is a reflection of who you are.

For years I thought my father was a hunchback. Turns out he didn't know suspenders were adjustable.

For a surfer, it's never-ending. There's always some wave you want to surf.

Everything changes, but beauty remains.

Every burden is a blessing.

I believe all women know in their heart of hearts that they truly are divine and magical, even if they've temporarily forgotten.

I'm careful with my heart. I don't take crap from no one these days. I put my foot down. Being a woman, you deserve heaven and earth.

I feel like, if it's supposed to happen, then it'll happen. God will send me somebody special, whenever the timing is right, so I'm just patient.

The Fox News anchors are lovely. They have an incredible combination of brains and beauty. And I think that's one of the reasons people love watching them and listening to them.

If I were Sarah Palin, would I want to sit in an interview with someone who was secretly out to get me? Probably not.

Never believe a promise from a man or woman who has no discipline. They have broken a thousand promises to themselves, and they break their promise for you.

I don't have the best family history heart-wise, so I really try to keep my heart strong.

I've never been more nervous in my life than singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl.

Traces of nobility, gentleness, and courage persist in all people, do what we will to stamp out the trend. So, too, do those characteristics which are ugly.

After God created the world, He made man and woman. Then, to keep the whole thing from collapsing, He invented humor.

The is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying attention.

When you're following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first.

When a warrior goes down, you pick up his shield and go play in honor of him.

Striving humbly but heroically to live by what is good, true, and noble in the midst of - and in spite of - the modern climate.

Wherever there's opportunity, the mafia will be there.

It makes my makeup artist's life easier. [Plus] it makes my eyes look a little more open on TV, which is where I happen to work right now.

Singularity is the point at which "all the change in the last million years will be superseded by the change in the next five minutes."

Baby-carrying means your hearts are close together. It's a very intense and beautiful way to bond with your baby, very intimate. It's also easier than a stroller.

Flattery looks like friendship, just like a wolf looks like a dog. Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing.

My parents say that I was singing before I could talk. I personally remember specific moments at three or four when music was playing literally all over the house.

Most anything I've ever set my mind to, I could accomplish.

Only the inner vision of God, only the God-blindedness of unreservedly dedicated souls, only the utterly humble ones can bow and break the raging pride of a power-mad world.