You have to give kids from ordinary families a ladder. You have to show them there's a way out.

Learn to trust your instincts. Only something dead goes with the tide. Only something living can go against it.

The dream we are living has absolutely no purpose other than our awakening.

I am all for cracking down on inappropriate digital behaviour. Too often the connected world is an excuse for some coward hiding behind a keyboard to bully someone else.

The tattooed nation will live to regret this voluntary disfigurement.

The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows up.

My parents have been dead for many years, and when your folks are gone there is nobody standing between you and eternity.

Sometimes we are only aware of how happy we are when the moment has passed. But now and again, if we are very lucky, we are aware of happiness when it is actually happening.

Tattoos are so widespread, so ugly and so very, very permanent. You can, in theory, have them removed - but a large chunk of your living flesh will go with it.

The thing to remember about Phuket is it's very beach-oriented and relaxed. The trendiest beach is Koh Sirey, which is full of groovy places to have a cocktail and watch the sun go down.

People are always surprised at what a nice guy I am.

The way to be happy is totake pleasure in what you do and how you do it, not inimagining that happiness is some place at the end of the road.

Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment centers, homeless shelters and crisis centers - we need our faith-based and community partners.

The main thing (about the organization) is to enjoy motorcycles, ..and have a good relationship with the community.

Of all my accomplishments I may have achieved during the war, I am proudest of the fact that I never lost a wingman.

Religion is the human response to being alive and having to die.

You are able to create an environment so that the creative process can take place and that you can get people to perform at their highest levels.

A feminist is a man or woman who already knows for a fact that men and women are qual and wants society to wake up to that fact, so the world can stop operating at half-strength.

Creativity or talent, like electricity, is something I don't understand but something I'm able to harness and use.

If Carlos and I were books, he'd be a Nietzsche book, and I'd be a Hubert Selby book - totally different mindsets. But musically, it all fell right into place.

Most people keep waiting on happiness, putting off happiness until they're successful or until they achieve some goal, which means we limit both happiness and success. That formula doesn't work.