One in four kids in the U.S. faces hunger.

35 million people in the U.S. are hungry or don't know where their next meal is coming from, and 13 million of them are children. If another country were doing this to our children, we'd be at war.

Live like you're already dead, man. Have a good time. Do your best. Let it all come ripping right through you.

If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you get the richness that's available in a long-term relationship.

It's not enough just to treat women well. We have to work to make sure all men treat women well.

It's a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life.

Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn't.

My wife holds the kite strings that let me go 'weeeeeee', then she reels me back in.

I've had really great experiences working with first-time directors. They come at filmmaking with fresh ideas. I've been very lucky that way.

Everyone I meet is in my sangha. I don't know if that's the proper definition, but that's the way I'm going to hold it in my mind.

You've got to take care of yourself on the path, not just when you cross the goal line, because don't forget, wherever you are, that's the goal line.

Why, Andrew, why would it irritate me? Do you think that being loved by you is something to be ashamed of? I don't.

Not a clue – and, no, I don’t touch drugs. The world’s unstable enough without scrambling your brain for kicks.

What makes you think children like childish things? Don't tell them how to be children. They want to grow up.

..Imam Ali [A]..'However knows himself (his soul or spirit) knows [or has known] his Lord

In the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently. It's not so competitive.

Too bad the things that make you mad are my favorite things.

A book begins with an image or character or situation that I care about deeply.

I didn't like the way I was let go from Metallica.

Fear attracts attack.

There is no greater call to service than that of our brave men and women who serve our country in combat across the globe.