The most fun is getting paid to learn things.

Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.

One day you're the statue. One day you're the pigeon.

Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination.

A good marriage is a contest of generosity.

People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong.

Do something you really love in the most adventurous place you can and make sure it helps other people.

Don't let other people tell you who you are.

I have a liberal definition of news because I think news can be what excites people. I'm not very sanctimonious about what news is and isn't.

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

Wake up curious, and determined to find an answer

When you change, everything around you changes. That’s magic!

Fatigue could be the dealmaker's friend.

My concern is to help people find out how they could best live their lives to hit the mark almost every single time.

If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.

I'm a teenager trapped in an old body.

Honestly, I don't know if I'd want to be an educator. I find teachers to have more responsibility, in a way, than being a parent. You're molding hundreds of minds every year.

deception and 'con games' are a way of life in all species and throughout nature. Organisms that do not improve their ability to deceive - and to detect deception - are less apt to survive.

Just lock myself in a room, stop answering emails, stop answering the phone and I come out with something.

In my experience I haven't met too many uptight black people. I'm sure they're out there. Like I'm some big authority and I've lived in the inner city and ghetto.

I'm sure we're going to find out one day that the brain is as worthless as the appendix.