With every smell, I smell food. With every sight, I see food. I can almost hear food. I want to spade the whole lot through my mouth at Mach 2. Basta!

As long as it is hot, wet and goes down the right way, its fine with me.

For me, faith means that what is right will win out one day. It means that the universe is not aimless but moves by some positive design.

I left my marriage knowing I'd have to work. I have.

The elderly have weathered enough squalls to know that this one, too, shall pass. They own the courage to be original; they've learned to hold their own values above the conventional wisdom.

He's by best friend and the father of my children. He's a great ex.

Whenever I meet people for the first time, I assume that they have a great story to tell and that it's my job to find it.

Humility comes from understanding that the obstacles in front of you are not going to go away.

I didn't want a divorce but had to because of circumstance.

Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill because they pissed me off!

Through artistry, imagination not only allows one to express their creativity, but also their soul.

No person, relationship, or religion should complete you. They can enhance whatever is already there, but completion of the self comes from within, not from anything beyond that.

Church words are easy to say, but they're not so easy to live by.

Welcome, Ruin said, to godhood.

The right shot at the right moment does not come because you do not let go of yourself. You do not wait for fulfilment, but brace yourself for failure.

Waiting prayer, or waiting on the Lord, is the silent surrendering of the soul to God. It is wordless worship. It is seeking God not from without but from within. It is to seek God in your heart.

As a mayor, I don't make my decisions based upon whether it is a "Democrat" issue. You make your decisions based upon the people you represent as a city to move our city forward.

For years we've been playing and writing songs that sound happy. And yet if you listen, the words are all like "My brains are falling out of my ears; would someone please pull me together?"

There's no one that ever beat me playing cards, the only one that ever beat me was myself.

Desire for increased wealth is not evil... it is simply the desire for more abundant life; it is aspiration.