I do tend to look back to my parents generation and think wow! what a great way to be, to live with one person for a lifetime, to bring your kids up in these really solid families.

Learn to trust your instincts. Only something dead goes with the tide. Only something living can go against it.

The dream we are living has absolutely no purpose other than our awakening.

I am all for cracking down on inappropriate digital behaviour. Too often the connected world is an excuse for some coward hiding behind a keyboard to bully someone else.

The tattooed nation will live to regret this voluntary disfigurement.

The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows up.

My parents have been dead for many years, and when your folks are gone there is nobody standing between you and eternity.

Sometimes we are only aware of how happy we are when the moment has passed. But now and again, if we are very lucky, we are aware of happiness when it is actually happening.

Tattoos are so widespread, so ugly and so very, very permanent. You can, in theory, have them removed - but a large chunk of your living flesh will go with it.

The thing to remember about Phuket is it's very beach-oriented and relaxed. The trendiest beach is Koh Sirey, which is full of groovy places to have a cocktail and watch the sun go down.

People are always surprised at what a nice guy I am.

If we rely on the Holy Spirit we shall find that our prayers become more and more inarticulate and when they are inarticulate reverence grows deeper and deeper.

We can, after all, learn much from lessons we did not sign up for.

I went to the Senate, accomplished nothing as usual.

Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Lower the bar. Actually spending ten minutes clearing off one shelf is better than fantasizing about spending a weekend cleaning out the basement.

It’s such a part of me, I assume Everyone can see it.

I think reality television is such a special talent.

On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it.

Feelings should always be allowed to be free. You should not judge a future love by past suffering.

Self-acquainta nce is a rare condition.

I heard one time that the Superman glyph is the second or third most recognizable symbol on Earth after the Christian cross.