There is no question that the older you get, the fewer good roles there are.

I was considered the black sheep of the family, neighbours didn't want their kids playing with me.

It's simple. Eat well, exercise and get lots of sleep but make sure you indulge occasionally. At my age , I think , what the hell , and eat a Krispy Kreme doughnut !

I relax by taking my bicycle apart and putting it back together again.

I used to smoke two packs a day and I just hate being a nonsmoker.... but I will never consider myself a nonsmoker because I always find smokers the most interesting people at the table.

Somewhere along the line I made the switch and was able to look at the bright side rather than the dark sida all the time. Now I look at everything I have and think how lucky I am.

You know, the more you can meet people from different walks of life, the better it is for you. I think the more you can create situations and experiences that give you new perspective, the better.

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

I find the less you focus on your flaws, the better off you are. Be yourself and be glad of who you are.

Love humiliates you. Hatred cradles you.

People make a lot of jokes about the empty nest. Let me tell you, it is no laughing matter. It is really hard.

Well-being, or wholeness, implies integrity and harmony between all existing elements, providing freedom for the whole.

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it." -- William Styron (born June 11 1925)

Faith is an act of self-consecration in which the will the intellect and the affections all have their place.

In '73 I photographed the cannibals in New Guinea. They treated me OK but they didn't make you feel relaxed... I managed to escape unscathed though, I'm pretty good at that.

Doing science is not inherently incompatible with religious faith.

nobody ever stops drinking until the cost of drinking becomes higher than the cost of not drinking.

A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress.

The man who acts humble in order to win praise is guilty of the lowest form of pride.

Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.

The only trouble with the movement for the preservation of our forests is that it has not gone nearly far enough, and was not begun soon enough.