I don't put a great deal of stock in art trophies.

I'm enjoying the opportunity that Parks And Recreation affords me to exploit my own soapbox agenda, which is to try to encourage people to make things with their hands.

I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent fundamentals in both basketball and baseball.

I have a wonderfully hedonistic appetite, and if I wasn't really strict with myself, I'd weigh 300 pounds. I'm not good with moderation.

If I had more time, I'd watch more woodworking or home-improvement shows, but, not enough hours in the day.

If your shirt isn't tucked into your pants, then your pants are tucked into your shirt.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Don't teach a man to fish and you feed yourself. He's a grown man, fishing's not that hard.

Follow your gut, make a choice, and throw yourself into it. If you make a mistake, then you have merely afforded yourself a valuable lesson.

If properly dried and trimmed, New York-style pizza could be used to make a box for Chicago-style pizza.

If you want to be happy in life, consider yourself a student. Every day of your life, think: how can I improve?

Figure out what you love to do, then figure out how to get paid to do it.

If I have a spreadsheet that can, whatever, turn soup cans into gold, wouldn't I deserve an office?

The moon was sewn into the sky that night

We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will.

Caress your phrase tenderly; it will end by smiling at you.

The mind is not a machine, it is an idea. And the Idea resists all attempts to control it.

Bad philosophers may have a certain influence; good philosophers, never.

We don't shoot in L.A. much anymore. You know, TV and movies, most everything's shot other places.

At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching - that way, you pick up new ideas.

As far as I'm concerned, there's no job more important on the planet than being a mom.

the central argument of the backlash - that women's equality is responsible for women's unhappiness.