How can I blame the cherry blossomsFor rejecting this floating world And drifting away as the wind calls them

To turn down knowledge is to resign to ignorance.

Thought isn't a form of energy. So how on Earth can it change material processes? That question has still not been answered.

He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.

Being pregnant finally helped me understand what my true relationship was with my body - meaning that it wasn't put on this earth to look good in a swimsuit.

Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.

Photorealism says: to fool your eye. That isn't what I've been interested in doing.

Talent is everywhere, winning attitude is not.

And I'm, whether I want it or not, a front figure for the team, a guy that talks about how the team is doing and represents the team.

Does the presence of pain mean the absence of God? I try to help people see that God uses pain, that pain is one of the ways God shapes us into the kind of beings He wants us to be for eternity.

Jewellery takes people's minds off your wrinkles.