I think we learn some of the greatest lessons in life from animals, whether it's love, suffering, or the value of silence.

Young people need to vote. They need to get out there. Every vote counts. Educate yourself too. Don't just vote. Know what you're voting for, and stand by that.

Junior high is so much worse than high school because at least in high school different is more accepted, celebrated actually: all the girls with blue hair and gothic Hello Kitty backpacks.

Some of the greatest moments in life come from moments that are incomplete.

Follow your heart and don't question it, no matter where it tells you to go It will open up a world of experiences you can't even imagine.

People send everyone hate mail. That's the way the world works right now, I'm nothing special.

Animals don't have a voice, so I think it is our job to give them one.

I have always been a very passionate person. Some people are born with this fire burning inside to "do," or create, with an insatiable hunger for knowledge and experience, and I am no exception.

I have nobody. I have surrounded myself with people who are fake just because I need to talk to somebody.

I think the best way to invite people into the conversation is to just create something beautiful out of love, and people naturally gravitate towards a new way of looking at fashion.

I've always loved music and felt connected to it, but was too afraid to explore that avenue.

Art is partly communication, but only partly. The rest is discovery.

In Illinois, where legislators are paid $45, 000, plus as much as $10, 000 for leadership work, about half are full-time politicians.

Only poor people go to jail.

No man ever served God by doing things tomorrow.

The Bible tells us that whenever we come before God, whatever our purpose or prayer request, we are always to come with a thankful heart.

Saying that men talk about baseball in order to avoid talking about their feelings is the same as saying that women talk about their feelings in order to avoid talking about baseball.

The person who knows only one religion does not know any religion.

It's not that weird, but when I was in Peru, I ate a guinea pig. If you're going to eat guinea pig, you call it cuy. Cute word for such a cute little animal that I ate a few times.

Seize every opportunity along the way, for how sad it would be if the road you chose became the road not taken.

Creativity is the ability to see relationships where none exist.