My inspiration comes from that and so I wrote ‘Killing Jesus,’ because I think I was directed to write that.

Tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can't explain that. You can't explain why the tide goes in.

There is a point where political correctness becomes an acid that erodes freedom.

We live in an age where truth really doesn't matter anymore.

Yeah, I'm obnoxious, yeah, I cut people off, yeah, I'm rude. You know why? Because you're busy.

And guys, if you exploit a girl, it will come back to get you. That's called 'karma.'

Get punctual, bring energy and creativity to your work, and stay with a project until it's completed (and then double-check the results). These habits will make you indispensable.

We are all born with a grab bag of gifts and gaps. Identify your true talents, then find out how to use them to make money.

I don't care about the Constitution! The Constitution isn't here; you're here. Don't be a pinhead.

The more laws that governments pass, the less individual freedom there is. Any student of history will tell you that. Totalitarian countries ban pretty much everything.

Your mom was right when she told you never to discuss politics and religion because emotions run so high in those arenas. Especially religion.

It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.

To have paranoia, it's nothing bad it's like your antivurs system on your computer, it makes as much secure as possible.

Our ultimate destination is mental peace.

When we work all over the planet, it's mostly poor and black and brown and young people, because that's mostly what the world [environmentalism] is.

I've learned to let things roll off my back.

It is an interesting balance in trying to find players to make your team really good and at the same time running a financially sound operation. That is the challenge for every team.

No real change in history has ever been achieved by discussions.

The only limit to your garden is at the boundaries of your imagination.

One might say I have decided to marry the silence of the forest. The sweet dark warmth of the whole world will have to be my wife.

I have realized that part of being Dauntless is being willing to make things more difficult for yourself in order to be self-sufficient.