I have a resistance to change in things that I feel comfortable with and that I'm used to.

In my early teen years, I wanted to become a vet. That was my plan. I worked as a veterinarian's assistant for a couple of summers.

When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death.

I really want to see the Cubs in the World Series. I really do.

I want to work with great people. Great people really make you better.

Surfing is like golf: You're always battling, and it keeps knocking you down. There are a lot of wipeouts. But when you stay with it and catch that wave, you really taste it. It's magic.

Everybody just wants to be famous first, and then maybe learn how to act.

God is the only way you're going to make it in life, the glue that holds everything together.

Certainly I'm a Christian first and foremost. But I do believe in religious tolerance and finding the commonality between all of us. I think that's how we're all going to come together.

I was made to be a perfectionist at everything I did. Everything was more important than what I wanted.

I owe the little formal education I got to my drama teacher, Mr. Pickett, who got us to read Shakespeare, Moliere, and other classics.

It is a great victory if you learn how to survive in today’s hard times

Remembering to be conscious is the beginning of inner peace and freedom.

He who serves God with what costs him nothing will do very little service you may depend on it.

Everybody loves a good Christmas song if you do it right.

Have you tried?" Tove countered, his eyes sparkling. "Well...no," I admitted. "Do it." "How?" He shrugged. "Figure it out." "You're really good at this training thing," I said with a sigh.

Let your life yield a sweet, winsome melody that this old world needs so desperately. Yes you can if you will.

Change needs practice. And practice needs patience.

It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope.

I can't moan about any of it. I had a great time in the goldfish bowl.

Let the world know why you're here, and do it with passion.