I definitely lived my life like I wasn't in the public eye.

I'm from the South. I'm a Southern Baptist. I have a conservative point of view. I'm a Republican.

Whenever I get frustrated, I tell myself, you could be working at a 7-Eleven right now, so never take for granted what you do for a living.

If I kind of like a guy, then I'm a fantastic flirt. But with a guy I truly like, I get painfully shy.

I'm a conservative. I was an avid supporter of Ronald Reagan; I thought he was fabulous.

Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask.

The lesson that I learned is that you can't drop everything for one person. I've done that and that person has broken up with me, and I've had nothing.

Labels are boring and often have nothing to with the person; it is just the way others perceive you, or choose to perceive you.

I love scars on people. Scars to me are so attractive.

If somebody wants to have plastic surgery, more power to them. I think there's a point where you go overboard.

You just have to keep believing in yourself.

You can carry out a spiritual revolution by making God’s truth the head of everything

Setting the right priorities or having superior time management skill means knowing the difference between “must have, ” and “nice to have.

I probably use my chef's knives more than any other tool in the kitchen. I'm not married to a particular brand, because they all work, they all have sharp blades.

Zen approaches it from the practical side of life-that is, to work out Enlightenment in life itself.

Most of the reefs [around Christmas Island] are dead, most of the corals are dead, overgrown by algae, and most of the fish are smaller than the pencils we use to count them.

We must transfer our anger to the brutalities of our time.

Unfortunatelymost westerners form their opinions of Africa based on the reporting and news in their own countries

God wants the world to function in an orderly way, not a chaotic way, so teaching humans to do what's right and what will make for the happiest life isn't going to be off limits.

All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.

Just wonderin', waitin', worryin' about some silly little things, that just don't add up to nothin'.