In Shahid's view, the best way through difficult times, as through life in general, was just to go along with things. It was a rare problem that couldn't be solved by being ignored.

You heard people say forty was the new thirty and fifty was the new forty and sixty was the new forty-five, but you never heard anybody say eighty was the new anything. Eighty was just eighty.

Humans make their own history, but not under circumstances of their choosing.

Although he too was heading to work, Shahid was glad he wasn't dragging himself off to some office job. Shahid's view: anybody who had to wear a suit to work died a little inside, every day.

To desire immortality for the individual is really the same as wanting to perpetuate an error forever.

We are coerced into faith by our suffering.

The worst thing is to be a designer and create work that isn't honest. You have to be honest. Otherwise, you'll always be a reaction to what other people do and you'll always be one step behind.

When the heart no longer feels the truth of hell, the gospel passes from good news to simply news

I've signed a contract with the Dutch national team until 2006. So I can win the World Cup not once but twice.

Saints are only sinners who keep trying.

The idea of reinvention has always seemed bizarre to me.

I play Orange County drums. I love those guys. I've got a four piece kit.

Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single Democratic primary. I’ll predict that right now.