It's easier to die when you have lived than it is to die when you haven't.

It's easier to die when you have lived, than it is to die when you haven't. So I say to all young people, go make memories; beautiful memories. Because when the time comes to go, you won't go alone.

Big wave surfers are human beings that have powers. They are men of enormous gentility.

Health is a presence of a superior state of wellbeing, a vigor, a vitality, a pizzazz you have to work for every single day of your life.

Death is not a stalker, always looking for us. Death is a scorekeeper tallying up how much we love life and how much we are willing to work for it. We die when we stop living.

I don't see myself as legendary. If you want a legend, talk about someone like Duke Kahanamoku.

The reason he [Duke Kahanamouku] didn't like me was that I liked him too much.

There is a wisdom in the wave - high-born, beautiful - for those who would but paddle out.

The greatest thing in life is health.

I love to be called Doc.

Wisdom comes from intent, experience, and finding courage.

We are currently facing many hurdles, BUT will never lose the sight of infinite hope.

I can testify to what UNICEF means to children because I was among those who received food and medical relief right after World War II.

A lot of disappointed people have been left standing on the street corner waiting for the bus marked Perfection.

Democracy will be dead by 1950.

As an actress, I think there is always a political consciousness there.

The criticism of Religion is the beginning of all criticism

Whenever something good happens to me, it's usually followed by something terrible.

Time is the backdrop of our lives and the very fabric of the cosmos.

I'm neither sexy nor a star.

President Reagan is a rhetorical roundheels, as befits a politician seeking empathy with his audience.