I've been blessed because there are a lot of great singers out there that didn't make it past their first album.

People just take your kindness for weakness sometimes, and that's just the bottom line.

You can be confident and secure and know that you do a good job at what you do. But you don't know to be arrogant about it.

I'm in the process of brainstorming with my marketing team and all that stuff, trying to come up with a concept for a late-night restaurant for people in Birmingham.

People don't have to like or support you. So you always have to say thank you.

I don't like to be a preacher or anything, but the one thing that I've learned is that you truly are what you eat.

I never want to try to be a spokesperson for health and wellness because I most definitely am not the most in shape person in the world.

I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool.

I feel as if I've been able to do so many things I never expected to do.

Some find it in their lovers eyes, who can deny the joy it brings. When you've found that special thing, you're flying without wings.

I'm racing against me. As long as I come across the finish, I'll be okay.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change

You priests. You're all the same. You think fasting helps you think about God, when anyone who can cook would tell you that fasting just makes you think about food.

A “brand” identifies how you are unique and different. It is an attention-getter to help you stack up against your competitors. It also shares with us what we can expect by doing business with you.

I don't think-""Clearly. Why start now?

...Nefret said with a gusty sigh, 'Well, that's done it. We may as well join in, Ramses, family arguments are the favorite form of amusement here and this looks like being a loud one.

Most of the reefs [around Christmas Island] are dead, most of the corals are dead, overgrown by algae, and most of the fish are smaller than the pencils we use to count them.

My soul's the present shadow of a presence gone.

The loneliness of the man is slowly being borne in upon me. There is not a man aboard but hates or fears him, nor is there a man whom he does not despise.

Who can live in heart so glad As the merry country lad?