I grew up as a country boy.

You don’t always win, but every time you lose, you get better.

The environment is in us, not outside of us. The trees are our lungs, the rivers our bloodstream. We are all interconnected, and what you do to the environment ultimately you do to yourself.

There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties.

True statement: Live it, love it, leave the wold better off than when you got here.

We're made up of energy, so who's to say you can't transmit through electrical means? If you could transmit yourself wirelessly, then it's Armageddon pretty much.

I appreciate the response and the support of fans, of people who actually don't mind watching me on screen... I just don't ever want to jeopardize that.

Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort.

I don't care how hot a girl is - if she doesn't like animals, it would be a major, major problem.

A thought for today: 'People change and forget to tell each other.'

I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them.

It's when the seed grows up that it is known as a tree. Nobody calls the "seedlings" as "trees" and no seedling is ever useful because it doesn't produce fruits! You got to grow up!

notwithstanding how good a seed my be, it's proper germination, growth and fruit bearing may be mutilated if not planted in a good soil

Appearances can be misleading. You just never know what’s inside someone until he’s tested.

You’re every single fantasy I've ever had.

Our true destiny...is a world built from the bottom up by competent citizens living in solid communities, engaged in and by their places.

The public library is more than a repository of books. It's a mysterious, wondrous place with the power to change lives.

Quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.

I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward.

We like investments where the risk is time, not price.

Motherhood didn't make you stronger; it made you vulnerable and afraid of what death could steal from you.