Tightness gets in the way of everything, except tightness.

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.

Renew your mind every morning with pure thoughts.

Being a leader isn't a title, it's a lifestyle and there is no on and off switch.

A six mile meteorite cannot compare with a culinary cataclysm of this magnitude.

The height of artistic skill is to know how to conceal the mechanical effort and strain beneath harmonious calm.

I only need one good friend to see me through. Most people aren't like that. Most people are always looking out for more people to know.

How could an argument soothe or settle a controversy when every word is a nest for a bird of doubt? (meaning of words as inferences)

For me, religiosity is ... the constant remembrance of the presence of the soul.

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

My Scottish Labour Party is a crusade - to fight poverty, inequality and injustice.

Mama always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them.