Every industry is going to be affected (by the aging population). This creates tremendous opportunities and tremendous challenges.

Without music, life is a journey through a desert.

It's impossible to explain to a Yankee what 'tacky' is. They simply have no word for it up north, but my God, do they ever need one.

I was born and raised on a Carolina sea island and I carried the sunshine of the low-country, inked in dark gold, on my back and shoulders.

I’ve never had anyone’s approval, so I’ve learned to live without it.

The most powerful words in English are, 'Tell me a story.'

Here is all I ask of a book- give me everything. Everything, and don't leave out a single word.

I stood face to face with the moon and the ocean and the future that spread out with all its bewildering immensity before me.

Good writing ... involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of language, making them visible and clear.

There is no teacher more discriminating or transforming than loss.

The great teachers fill you up with hope and shower you with a thousand reasons to embrace all aspects of life.

Do you really want to be happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got.

Hufflepuffs are particularly good finders!

John Glenn's anniversaries have followed me all of my life. I was born in 1962, the year he orbited Earth.

Sustainability is a set of conditions and trends in a given system that can continue indefinitely

I want to say 'I Shot The Police' but the government would have made a fuss so I said 'I Shot The Sheriff' insteadbut it's the same idea: justice.

The Arts are learnt by reason and method; they are mastered by practice.

People who cannot feel punish those who do.

a call girl is simply someone who hates poverty more than she hates sin.

Organize as much as possible around teams, to achieve enhanced focus, task orientation, innovativeness, and individual commitment.

The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.