I need to look like an idiot at least twice a day to keep myself humble.

Okay, take a deep breath, I told myself. Don't go all hormonal. Get the facts straight. Have a mental doughnut.

Life is about finding yourself in the magnificence of life.

Almost all sadness comes from thinking about the past, and all worry from thinking about the future — present-mindedness is your only safe haven.

Good service can save a bad meal, but there is no level of food that can save bad service.

I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album.

It is the same in all wars; the soldiers do the fighting, the journalists do the shouting, and no true patriot ever gets near a front-line trench, except on the briefest of propaganda tours.

Oh, how beautiful it is to be alive - would that I could live a thousand times

He who would eat much must eat little, for by eating less he will live longer, and so be able to eat more.

Life is about more than earning a living, and if you're not in the habit of thinking about it, you can end up middle-aged or even older and shocked to realize that your life seems empty.

I think it's a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career.

Probably? So you're asking me to trust my life to steel wool and peanut butter?" "Poisoned peanut butter." "Cal, I don't care if it's nuclear peanut butter.