I feel like a fraud... My name is not even actually Ashton. Ashton is my middle name.

Always roll up the sleeves on your shirt. It gives the impression that you're working, even if you're not.

I am only young once, who cares if I'm a goofball!

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful and being generous. Everything else is crap.

True luxury is being able to own your time - to be able to take a walk, sit on your porch, read the paper, not take the call, not be compelled by obligation.

I believe that opportunity looks a lot like hard work.

I'm continually trying to make choices that put me against my own comfort zone. As long as you're uncomfortable, it means you're growing.

Modeling is the best because you have to look hot, which comes easy to me, you know. I'm blessed with that.

Take a long pause ...breathe and know that things are happening for you not to you.

I don't believe that old cliche that good things come to those who wait. I think good things come to those who want something so bad they can't sit still.

I've usually found that the greatest rewards in my life come from taking on things that are a little bit scary.

Like the kite that caught up to the sky, painted with clouds, I lost track of it, but it was connected by string, something I was holding, something I could always bring back.

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

Nobody's trying to kill you, Deirdre. You're killing yourself.

Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.

When Larry Wright won the Pulitzer for The Looming Tower we all strutted around for weeks, until some sourpuss among us noted that it was actually Larry, and not the rest of us, who won the prize.

The world is given to me only once, not one existing and one perceived. Subject and object are only one.

Did you just call me old? I really prefer the word 'experienced'.

Cold, hungry, scared as hell inside, but too damn brave to admit it.

I can’t think of a more philosophical time in a person’s life than when they are children. It’s the one time when ideas are really beautiful and amazing and all-encompassing. They are life.

Time is your friend, impulse is your enemy. Take advantage of compound interest and don't be captivated by the siren song of the market.