Being able to pick and read good waves is almost more important than surfing well.

Great stories build relationships and make people care. Those two things are necessary to change anything.

Good fortune and talent are both ingredients of success, but like any recipe, they can be substituted with clever alternatives. The one irreplaceable ingredient I've found, however, is work.

Genius has less to do with the size of your mind than how open it is.

Be creative and daring in your dreams and the steps you take to bring them to fruition.

...animals behaved with purpose, it seemed. Unlike people.

Respect and mutual respect are important. I, for instance, often show my latest work so that people can see how I work.

With any other movie, you're entering new territory, so it's quite different to be involved in something where it's the same characters, and the same people.

When you are part of a megachurch you have no responsibility to anybody else.

I don't think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because it's our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us.

The atonement of Jesus Christ is the supreme act of love, the supreme example of selfless concern for others.

We must give the American worker the first option of ownership.

I think all Geminis are kids at heart. And that's why they're able to simplify some of the most complex things and connect with people. It's having that kid spirit.

there is no truly honest autobiography.