Being president of too many well-meaning organizations put my father into an early grave. The lesson in this was not lost on me.

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

It's my belief that sanity lies in realizing that reality is not exactly what we had in mind.

Mozart combined high formality and playfulness that delights as no other composition in any other medium does.

People don't necessarily want or need to be done unto as you would have them do unto you. They want to be done unto as they want to be done unto.

Ham's substantial, ham is fat. Ham is firm and sound. Ham's what God was getting at When He made pigs so round.

Cats have intercepted my footsteps at the ankle for so long that my gait, both at home and on tour, has been compared to that of a man wading through low surf.

The legendary yet factual Curtis Wilkie has been the right man in the right place at an uncanny number of extraordinary times.

The first time I walked into a library, I got so excited I almost wet my pants.

I prefer my oysters fried; that way I know my oysters died.

The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs'.

I'm learning a lot about the culture of weight loss. I didn't know there were bloggers out there who were proud to be fat.

We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.

If oil exploration can threaten a place as beautiful and meaningful as Virunga, where next?

The words "I Can't" should be permanently stricken from your vocabulary, especially the vocabulary of your thoughts. You must see yourself always growing and improving.

Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired: Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired.

I'm pretty open book, I'm also the kind of person that will say, 'That's none of your business,' too.

You get through it, you just never get over it

Everyone you trust, everyone you think you can count on, will eventually disappoint you.

Meditation is to be aware of what is going on in your body, in your feelings, in your mind, and in the world.