I love going to the feed store and drinking coffee and talking about how much rain we need.

I've never been married, and I've never been divorced. But I have had some very serious relationships. I was engaged twice. The way that those relationships ended, it was very very heartbreaking.

And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen.

Sight is about what lies right in front of us. Vision is what lies ahead.

But all actors go through the process, it's hit and miss, you have achievement and failure.

I would say 95% of the time, because you just can't remember your lines if you're drinking alcohol. I would say about 95% of the time it was grape juice or this fake wine, which was horrible.

The fact that I haven't been married might qualify me as belonging in the nutty category to a lot of women.

I believe in singularity in relationships because you've got to have trust on both sides.

But I'm a citizen of Texas and try to spend most of my time there.

I'm not so proud to think that anything is unworthy, and I don't think I was that way 10 years ago.

Between Clive Owen winning at the Golden Globes and the British Academy announcing its nominations, of which Sideways received only one, I'm feeling pretty humbled these days.

A law of survival, Ragle had said. Those who refused to respond to the new stimulus would perish. Adapt or perish . . . version of a timeless rule.

Snooty knew measly talked muchly.

I have been chastised by a president, I have antagonized and angered presidents, and I have taken on my own leadership.

Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words.

The social brain is in its natural habitat when we're talking with someone face-to-face in real time.

Taking no chances means wasting your dreams.

I'm looking to expand my portfolio while I'm on top and while I'm young.

we were raising our standard of living at the expense of our standard of character.

My musical style was developed basically by listening to music. The music I like helped to mold my style. I used to listen to the majority of down south music when I was a shorty coming up.

In the 21st century, the database is the marketplace.