My phone isn't "smart" because of its features. I make it smart by maximizing the phone's feature-set toward better personal efficiency.

Knowledge stimulates mental faculties

One believed what one was told to believe, what it made sense to believe. Unless one was a foreigner, of course, or a philosopher.

Where secrecy reigns carelessness and ignorance delight to hide - skill loves the light.

It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.

You don't dig me, I don't understand what it is, I had my car reupholstered.

A building without ornamentation is like a heaven without stars.

I think it's crazy, crazy that book tours lose so much money. They shouldn't. Book tours should be part of what keeps independent bookstores vibrant and profitable.

Our strength comes from that magic, from the earth and the sky, from the fire and the water. Fly high, swim deep, give back to the earth what she gives you.

Everyone's just telling me that there's this rumor going around that I'm dying of cancer

I like the beaches in Orange County the best. I think Orange County has great beaches. Everything from Dana Point to Newport to Laguna; all over the place.