I have no complaints. I am comfortable and satisfied. I am not the kind of person who reaches for the moon as long as I have the stars.

To me, the sea is like a person - like a child that I've known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea I talk to it. I never feel alone when I'm out there.

When somebody tells me I cannot do something, that's when I do it.

People said women couldn't swim the Channel, but I proved they could.

I just knew if it could be done, it had to be done, and I did it

When we're in the water, we're not in this world.

Slowly I came to know that the depth of our heartbreaks determines the depth of our faith. God gives us everything to conquer the big and the little hurts of life.

To me, the sea is like a person - like a child that I've known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea, I talk to it. I never feel alone when I'm out there.

I do not read a book

Even though Sean still held my head down I was the only one who thought to ask"Who's driving the boat?" Over the motor I heard girls screaming at us the instant before we crashed.

People have accused me of being in favor of globalization. This is equivalent to accusing me of being in favor of the sun rising in the morning.

Compromising your integrity for money, power, or fame will come back to haunt you.

The world is, for the most part, a collective madhouse, and practically everyone, however "normal" his facade, is faking sanity.

I don't think any drug that can cause brain damage, failing kidneys, hardening arteries, pain, and suffering should be made available.

Solitude is impractical, and society fatal. We must keep our head in the one and our hands in the other. The conditions are met, if we keep our independence, yet do not lose our sympathy.

I've always liked Playboy; I think it's very tasteful.

To create a work of art is to create the world.

The secretary of education does not work for the education establishment. The secretary works for the American people.