I am a product of nepotism. I don't think I would have had the profession that I'm in currently... if it wasn't for my dad.

35 million people in the U.S. are hungry or don't know where their next meal is coming from, and 13 million of them are children. If another country were doing this to our children, we'd be at war.

Live like you're already dead, man. Have a good time. Do your best. Let it all come ripping right through you.

If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you get the richness that's available in a long-term relationship.

It's not enough just to treat women well. We have to work to make sure all men treat women well.

It's a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life.

Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn't.

My wife holds the kite strings that let me go 'weeeeeee', then she reels me back in.

I've had really great experiences working with first-time directors. They come at filmmaking with fresh ideas. I've been very lucky that way.

Everyone I meet is in my sangha. I don't know if that's the proper definition, but that's the way I'm going to hold it in my mind.

You've got to take care of yourself on the path, not just when you cross the goal line, because don't forget, wherever you are, that's the goal line.

When prayer goes viral, people are not excited about “it” (prayer) but are infectious about “Him

What we long for, we shall possess.

Regret, albeit raw and relentless, is almost always unremarkable.

People speak sometimes about the "besti*l" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.

Just take me with you. Please.I cant.Please, Papa.I cant. I cant hold my son dead in my arms. I thought I could but I cant.

I am thinking about launching a wine website where there is a deal and the crowd can dictate how cheap it can get.

I cannot put this poison on my skin. I do not use anything synthetic.

No one else on the team in college was dressing up. They were wearing sweats.

Every parent's deepest wish is that their children are self sufficient, happy, and able to live a full life.