The world is the true classroom. The most rewarding and important type of learning is through experience, seeing something with our own eyes.

The snow leopard is absolutely magnificent. It represents really what endangered species are all about.

Zoo animals are ambassadors for their cousins in the wild.

Alligators and crocodiles are some of the most aggressive creatures on the planet - they'll take down a boat if you come up to their nest.

I don't necessarily agree that all animals are unpredictable. The more you know about an animal, the more you can work with it safely.

Wild animals are just as confused as people are now. You've got toxins in the water, oil, sewage, all sorts of things.

If I find myself afraid or scared, that means I'm doing the wrong thing.

You know, having raised animals all my life for 50-something years, I would say that you know, I'm fascinated by cats.

The groundhogs are pretty good at eluding. If somebody is trying to come after a ground hog, they go and they burrow.

Hogs and pigs are very intelligent.

I had a very famous trainer tell me once, You can usually train a wild animal but never tame a wild animal, ever. They are always going to be wild, no matter what anybody says.

The end is never the end. It's always the the beginning of something.

I love surfing, but ---" his gaze wandered over the thin sheet covering her body before he met her eyes again " --- no wave could ever compete with you.

If you can't do it, just laugh about it instead of blushing or being embarrassed.

Temptation: Recognize it for what it is, and then reject it—immediately and without compromise.

The view wasn't exactly breath-taking. Kind of boring actually. Unless, of course, you had a rare, strong appreciation for deserts, in which case it was downright mind blowing.

Wrap parties can be really sad, actually, disorienting.

I was never actually signed to the label; I was just the annoying rapper that was always around at the studio sessions.

Make each day a masterpiece. Don't think your best days are out there somewhere. Why not today? Why can't today be a great day? It can if you believe it will.

For shoes I try to choose a bootie style and opt for a heel that looks good but allows me to get around.

If a great man struggling with misfortunes is a noble object, a little man that despises them is no contemptible one.