I spend a fair amount of time just thinking about whether something is feasible or not, and if it is feasible, whether it's really worth doing.

Leonardo Da Vinci. Leonardo is arguably the world's most famous polymath. So many thoughts and so many different ideas!

I'm a writer and I also do a lot of professional speaking on risk taking and creativity as well.

I work with a lot of different editors at different publishers and magazines and so on, and having a system of shared folders makes keeping track of things a snap.

I think it's important to associate with positive, upbeat people.

I'd love to get ideas on overcoming jet lag.

You get energy from other people, so hang out with energetic people.

Yeah, it's a weird little niche, but by God, it's my niche.

In my office, I like it quiet, so I can concentrate.

I started a funny book from the 1930s called The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse. Wodehouse is a comic genius.

Every day, I walk with my dog - summer, winter (it gets -20 F in Saint Paul), rain or shine. The nicer the day, of course, the longer the walk.

Always try to be someone of value than someone famous.

Peace cannot be kept by force

Man will find his own structured words, which will transfigure his into immortal.

You take unacceptable risk, you have to be prepared to face the consequence.

I'm just a true Irish boy at heart.

If there is any thing disagreeable going on, men are always sure to get out of it.

A lot of Pacific island nations are sinking below sea level; they could easily transition slowly into becoming floating nations.

I was told that when you hit forty men stop looking at you. It's true, until you slip on a mini-skirt.

For a new type of progress throughout the world to become a reality, everyone must change. Tolerance is the alpha and omega of a new world order.

In a lot of ways, the make-up was the character.