In the early '90s I was floating somewhere between the Brat Pack/Andrew McCarthy/James Spader/Pretty In Pink kind of stuff and the alterna-pop look, crossed with a very distinct grunge sensibility.

People believe what they want to believe. You have to run your race and be proud of the person you see in the mirror.

Gratitude is the attitude. That's the thing.

You can change your spouse, your friends but never your club.

If I had Sirius FM and fire-breathing in a giant puppy dragon, I'd be golden.

If something is nice about you, usually one or two people will tell you. If something is foul about you, everyone will tell you.

I thought maybe I would be everyone's favorite dude-food friend.

I do feel that, generally, people will see me and go, "He knows where the good food is," which is an awesome correlative. It's an awesome simplification.

If it's a question about stuff that matters to you personally, like favorite food, favorite piece of knowledge, favorite animal, it's hard not to have an opinion and want to quantify things.

The first one that I went to with my friends was with my buddy Michael - and we actually cut class to get tickets - was INXS at the Garden.

Man V. Food is the highest-rated show in the Travel Channel's history, so clearly there's going to be a correlation.

Worry is the enemy of optimism and personal progress. ~Jason Versey

Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.

Write, write, write-till your fingers break.

If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.

Knowledge is more important than life. We've only one excuse for existing, to think, to find out, to learn.

If it is well with your belly, chest and feet - the wealth of kings can't give you more.

That's what love is. It's some power greater than you and me, that draws us to one special person

I was kind of a dark kid. I loved Halloween, and I loved vampires and the black and white old monster movies.

I think, traditionally, when the federal government has gathered statistics, it's been done in silos, so every agency really focuses on the statistics that are important to agency.

Gambling: A sure way to get nothing from something.