I decided that it wasn’t pretty that I felt, but confident.

That's what I like so much about old libraries - they smell the way we'd like to imagine the past.

A great meal is an experience that nourishes more than your body.

Don't you just love the idea of cooking flowers? I imagine them bursting into bloom, right in the pan.

Hermione was back, holding out a gossamer dress of rainbow chiffon so airy I thought of fireflies on a moonlight night.

We slid along water reds and greens, the changing lights captured in the canvas of wet tar.

Mankind has a divine duty, to be stewardship of the natural resources.

Fulfilling the vision of the Irvine Ranch master plan has been a lifetime dedication and lifetime passion, and I am hopeful the heritage of our Irvine stewardship will live on in many new ways.

[It's] funny how things have a way of looking so much brighter in the daytime.

Pictures can be pretty deceptive.

Experts in aging make a distinction between passive aging and purposeful aging. Successful, purposeful aging calls for continued involvement, relationships, discipline, and an attitude of faith.

My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a working man, a quiet, blue-collar dude.

The European public has always been great to me.

Everybody Out There....Dont take ANYBODY for granted.Cause you never know when you might lose them,and you may never get the chance to tell them how you really feel

There's so much wonder in the world. Don't let no one tell you otherwise.

I'm not afraid of death at all.