A successful artist is inspired by his muse, and his muse is inspired by the payment of a commission.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.

You can spend too much time wondering which of identical twins is the more alike.

What greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering than the family and the gathering.

Ever wonder what crime you committed that you are confined to a small enclosure above your sinuses, under permanent skull arrest?

If minutes were kept of a family gathering, they would show that "Members not Present" and "Subjects Discussed" were one and the same.

It finally happened. I got the GPS lady so confused, she said, "In one-quarter mile, make a legal stop and ask directions.

For the most part, we carnivores do not eat other carnivores. We prefer to eat our vegetarian friends.

On a windswept hill by a billowing sea, my destiny sits and waits for me.

It is not that love is blind. It is that love sees with a painter's eye, finding the essence that renders all else background.

The future is won or lost in the war of ideas.

And on bad days, when his aura of sadness blazed like an alarm he couldn’t turn off, I felt like I was doing everything wrong.

Love is an energy to which we all must tune it. There is no greater power Source.

The young artist of today need no longer say 'I am a painter,' or 'a poet,' or 'a dancer.' He is simply an 'artist.' All of life will be open to him.

I do seem like the kind of guy who'd be obsessive about Rubik's Cubes.

Books are my weakness.

At least 80 percent of the success of the football team is determined by the fight and spirit that they put into their play.

I'm not the perfect bride after all.

The moment is never perfect. It's like that right now - in my head I'm being super lucid, but you never are. You're always fumbling.

Relax and calm your mind. Forget about yourself and follow your opponent's movement.