New Zealanders who leave for Australia raise the IQ of both countries

New Zealand was colonised initially by those Australians who had the initiative to escape.

Raptors are smart. Very smart. Believe me, all the problems we have so far are nothing compared with what we'd have if the raptors ever got out of their holding pen.

We live someone else’s life without trying to understand and become what we are really designed to be

I cared for you more that you cared yourself. Something which I regret for you didn't deserve to be cared!

Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious.

Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the exact balance beween spirit and humility.

These days, children can text on their cell phone all night long, and no one else is seeing that phone. You don't know who is calling that child.

Chemotherapy takes its toll; the more you keep doing it, you lose your energy, and it gets more difficult to swallow.

There's no new direction. It's not more poppy or more rocky. They're just rock'n'roll tunes. I'll never change the music I write.

Honest always sells. Always has, always will.

I can no longer type, so I use TalkingPoint and Dragon Dictate. It's a speech-to-text program, and there's an add-on for talking which some guys came up with.

You can't do anything about the past. And you don't know what the future is.