If you say that you're all about a certain something, and look back and see that the choices that you've made don't reflect that, then there's something for you to look at.

A gourmet meal without a glass of wine just seems tragic to me somehow.

And in fact, I think the more we start to worship perfection the more soul leaks out of art.

That's the great paradox of living on this earth, that in the midst of great pain you can have great joy as well. If we didn't have those things we'd just be numb.

Chocolate's okay, but I prefer a really intense fruit taste. You know when a peach is absolutely perfect... it's sublime. I'd like to capture that and then use it in a dessert.

You have to listen to what resonates within your own gut. You find your direction there. Your voice comes out.

You have to write badly to write at all. If it's crappy, I will rewrite it later. But it will be mine. You can hear the resonance of an artist who goes into herself.

You've got to dance like nobody's watching, and love like it's never going to hurt.

Standing knee deep in a river and dying of thirst.

I want to savor the aging process. As you get older, you trade your innocence for wisdom and the wisdom is your reward.

I can't even say I've begun yet, but I'm trying on the idea that there is a book in my future.

Sometimes the world is so much sicker than the inmates of its institutions.

I didn’t like his tone. In fact I didn’t like boys’ tone when they knew they were hot and tried to be rude to girls because they knew they were hot.

Obey, love and serve the Lord with all your quintessence.

Your influence as a leader will increase when you empower others' strengths, which in return equips them to pursue their callings, not their shortcomings.

Discipline is what you must have to resist the lure of excuses

We can either save the planet from catastrophic warming, or protect fossil fuel CEOs. Not both. Do the math(s)

I do not see why we should not be as just to an ant as to a human being.

Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.

Ive been on the tour for 12 years, and the big dream has always been to get a world title.

Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldnt bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down.