The biggest lesson I learned from my dad is to support children even if they're doing something that is unorthodox.

You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.

I won't quit skating until I am physically unable.

I believe that people should take pride in what they do, even if it is scorned or misunderstood by the public at large.

Being different is awesome! All of those who are different are more interesting than those who are clamoring for acceptance because they follow the path.

My definition of success is doing what you love. I feel many people do things because they feel they have to, and are hesitant to risk following their passion.

I feel like skateboarding is as much of a sport as a lifestyle, and an art form, so there's so much that that transcends in terms of music, fashion, and entertainment.

I love snowboarding, but I would never want to do it competitively or at a professional level. Snowboarding is a spawn of skating, and skating is my passion.

Snowboarding is a spawn of skating, and skating is my passion.

I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. 'Action sport' would be the least offensive categorization.

The irony about selling out is that they only call you a sell-out when your stuff finally sells - I've had products bearing my name since I was 14, but nobody was buying them then.

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

be a lessons what have you experienced that not good in your past and make it a starting point to change your life into be a better today than yesterday

It's not when you realise that nothing can help you - religion, pride, anything - it's when you realise that you don't need any aid.

No, no, my good knight, do not fear for me. The fire is mine. I am Daenerys Stormborn, daughter of dragons, bride of dragons, mother of dragons, don't you see? Don't you SEE?

Where the myth fails, human love begins. Then we love a human being, not our dream, but a human being with flaws.

One who loves his community destroys community; one who loves its members builds community.

Each culture might lend its own dialect, but above all that is the language of music itself, and it doesn't care about politics or boundaries.

The greatest part of all chronic disease is created by the suppression of acute disease by drug poisoning.

Parents have too little respect for their children, just as the children have too much for the parents.

...a private who loses a rifle suffers far greater consequences than a general who loses a war.