I have fancied myself a rebel, but at every critical moment of my life, I have been exactly the child my parents raised.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.

You can spend too much time wondering which of identical twins is the more alike.

What greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering than the family and the gathering.

Ever wonder what crime you committed that you are confined to a small enclosure above your sinuses, under permanent skull arrest?

If minutes were kept of a family gathering, they would show that "Members not Present" and "Subjects Discussed" were one and the same.

It finally happened. I got the GPS lady so confused, she said, "In one-quarter mile, make a legal stop and ask directions.

For the most part, we carnivores do not eat other carnivores. We prefer to eat our vegetarian friends.

On a windswept hill by a billowing sea, my destiny sits and waits for me.

It is not that love is blind. It is that love sees with a painter's eye, finding the essence that renders all else background.

They leave to test the waters but fail to realize the waters are full of rapids.

I think it's shameful when you sell out. It depends what kind of artist you wanna be, but I don't want my name anywhere near another brand.

Even though music is something I travel around doing, it is also a very private thing. A sort of escapism.

Writing is like pulling your hair out. You have nothing, and you can't think of anything, but you have to think of something.

Our view of nature will influence the way we treat nature, and our view of human nature will affect our understanding of human responsibility.

My father was an exceptionally strong influence on me.

One of the things that we love most about our comedy [ American Reunion] is that it goes all-out.

I've learned quite a lot, over the years, by avoiding what I was supposed to be learning.

If you're religious, it gives you a perspective.

People have called Christopher Columbus horrible, racist, a psycho-maniac killer and a slave owner.