Anything worth doing hurts a little.

We are lending money we don't have to kids who can't pay it back to train them for jobs that no longer exist. That's nuts.

Passion is too important to be without, but too fickle to be guided by. Which is why I’m more inclined to say, 'Don’t Follow Your Passion, But Always Bring it With You.'

Dirt used to be a badge of honor. Dirt used to look like work. But we've scrubbed the dirt off the face of work and consequently we've created this suspicion of anything that's too dirty.

The skills gap is a reflection of what we value. To close the gap, we need to change the way the country feels about work.

The flaw in our character is our insistence on separating blue-collar jobs from white-collar jobs, and encouraging one form of education over another.

I can say the willingness to get dirty has always defined us as an nation, and it's a hallmark of hard work and a hallmark of fun, and dirt is not the enemy.

Happiness comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that's consistent with those beliefs.

What you do, who you’re with, and how you feel about the world around you, is completely up to you.

Why does a chicken coop only have two doors? ... Because if it had four doors, it would be a chicken sedan.

I wouldn't wish any specific thing for any specific person - it's none of my business. But the idea that a four-year degree is the only path to worthwhile knowledge is insane. It's insane.

Heaven help the roses if the bombs begin to fall

His fingers have been slowly lacing through my hair.

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day and of doing good once in a year.

Politicians make good company for a while just as children do - their self-enjoyment is contagious. But they soon exhaust their favourite subjects - themselves.

All children accomplish milestones in their own way, in their own time.

I recently saw Brooke Hogan's new music video, and I've got to say she looked hot.

I'm like a fine-tuned race car. You've got to make frequent pit stops when you drink as much tea as I do.

Great writers are not those who tell us we shouldn’t play with fire, but those who make our fingers burn.

One cannot say with words what music says without them.

If you live in Birmingham, then being awake is not necessarily a desirable state.