Too many rocks in the mountains.

You should definitely visit the Louvre, a world-famous art museum where you can view, at close range, the backs of thousands of other tourists trying to see the Mona Lisa.

Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.

It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate.

Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.

Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once.

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.

I’m using Mao as my inspiration. “Cast away illusions. Prepare for struggle.” I’m back in business, baby. You don’t know you’re stuck until you get moving.

The last of the human freedoms: to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances to choose one's own way.

If I had to do it all again, I would still want my same daughter and two sons; through laughter, tears, prayers, and blessings.

I've spent a lot of words on my own mortality.

Terrorism is one of the cardinal sins that the Koran threatens with hellfire.

Judging the mistakes of strangers is an easy thing to do - and it feels pretty good.

Our press is the most disgusting in the world.

All schools will end up using game metrics in the future.

What is truth? I think stating a truth could be dangerous, because we are locking something in and therefore making it harder for ourselves to change beyond that certain thought or concept.

Momma, you're special," Renesmee told me without any surprise, like she was commenting on the color of my clothes.