Creative people are 50% ego and 50% insecurity.

There's an independence to surfing, it's just you and the ocean. There aren't a bunch of rules.

An ad should be an appetizer, not a buffet.

If it's been done, do it better. If it hasn't been done, do it so well that better is not an option.

I’d rather apologize than to be so timid as to never try to do anything smart or brave.

Creativity thrives on a consistent diet of challenges and opportunities, which are often one and the same.

Actions speak louder than meetings.

Most ideas are a bit scary, and if an idea isn't scary, it's not an idea at all.

Baby Steps are for Babies, Not Brands. Be Amazing or Be Surpassed.

[In 2007] People's relationship with a brand is becoming a dialog, not a monolog.

I've never found a client's business problem that could be solved solely through advertising.

The society that embraced him continued to prosper by stressing the family unit and their close-knit community. Hers prospered by forcigng independence and self-sufficiency.

One of the many problems with aging is that you begin to think of yourself as a slob because your birthday suit can never be cleaned or pressed no matter how spotted or wrinkled it gets

I always tell people that my primary job is being a dad and husband. Music is just what pays the bills.

God often used bitter experiences to make us better. Gold can be a helpful servant, but a cruel master.

The very greatest is the alphabet, for in it lies the deepest wisdom; yet only he can fathom it, who truly knows how to put it together.

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.

I'm a very slow reader, and books of interviews are an absolute favorite of mine.

Whatever may happen to you was prepared for you from all eternity; and the implication of causes was from eternity spinning the thread of your being.

Different shades of life make the painting more beautiful.

Noah Calhoun watched the fading sun sink lower from the wrap around porch of his plantation-style home.He liked to sit here in the evenings, especially after working hard all day.