I never went too long without a job. The problem was a lot of the early jobs are almost more demoralizing than unemployment.

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.

In one level, Om is the self-organizing power of the universe and self-awareness is the process to access that power.

Unless you can fake sincerity, you'll get nowhere in this business.

I love to read, and I don't believe that you have to finish one book before you start another. --Mallory Pike

It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.

If virtue holds the secret, don't defer; Be off with pleasure, and be on with her.

To know where a thing is we must have found it.

A boy's best friend is his mother.

That I want to destroy British imperialism is another matter, but I want to do so by converting those who are associated with it.

Do you want my input or is this just an angry tirade you need to vent? (Acheron) Both! (Kat) Okay, you rant and I’ll add my comments at the end. (Acheron)

There is an enormous amount to be learned about the sea; like most wildernesses, it has great potential.