While we are here we should set goals and achieve them, make the best of things, make others feel good about themselves, and be happy with what we are and what we are doing.

I've swum for my country, I've swum for my coaches and my schools and my teams. I decided this time I was going to swim for myself.

People who call themselves supporters of Israel are actually supporters of its moral degeneration and ultimate destruction.

There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment the time is always now.

The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently.

Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true.

There's a world out there, and you've got to look at both sides of the mountain in your lifetime.

My style when I was 17 was very low-key with jeans, T-shirts, and Converse. I was signed to a major record label by then, so I had stylists helping me.

I can deal with adversity.

Instilling values of faith at an early age is important.

Tony Stark in 'Iron Man' helped wider audiences finally embrace the enormous talent of Robert Downey Jr.

Human progress having reached a high level through respect for the liberty and dignity of men, it has become desirable to re-affirm these evident truths