I'm obsessed with the Victorian era and the British Royal Navy... I'd love to play a troubled sailor or captain or a boatman on a three masted ship.

I'm enjoying the opportunity that Parks And Recreation affords me to exploit my own soapbox agenda, which is to try to encourage people to make things with their hands.

I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent fundamentals in both basketball and baseball.

I have a wonderfully hedonistic appetite, and if I wasn't really strict with myself, I'd weigh 300 pounds. I'm not good with moderation.

If I had more time, I'd watch more woodworking or home-improvement shows, but, not enough hours in the day.

If your shirt isn't tucked into your pants, then your pants are tucked into your shirt.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Don't teach a man to fish and you feed yourself. He's a grown man, fishing's not that hard.

Follow your gut, make a choice, and throw yourself into it. If you make a mistake, then you have merely afforded yourself a valuable lesson.

If properly dried and trimmed, New York-style pizza could be used to make a box for Chicago-style pizza.

If you want to be happy in life, consider yourself a student. Every day of your life, think: how can I improve?

Figure out what you love to do, then figure out how to get paid to do it.

She doesn't give directions but there is a pot of gold at the end of her rainbow...Find it. If you can.

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late.

The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.

You can't start a fire Worrying 'bout your little world falling apart This gun's for hire Even if we're just dancing in the dark

How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.

Death comes to us, under many conditions, with all the welcome serenity of sleep.

I literally paid my way through the University of Texas with my umpiring.

In France that is the one rule, never make trouble.

History was easy, but I don't know about the Calculus. It seemed like it was making sense, so that probably means I failed.