I was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

I think happiness is overrated. Satisfied, at peace-those would be more realistic goals.

You must lose everything in order to gain anything.

In Missouri, where I come from, we don't talk about what we do - we just do it. If we talk about it, it's seen as bragging.

I embrace the messiness of life. I find it so beautiful actually.

I would love to work in a Bollywood film as there is so much drama and colour in the films there.

Man, when I'm riding with the helmet on, I'm invisible. And people just deal with me as the guy on the bike... it gives you a chance to read 'em.

I'm probably 20 percent atheist and 80 percent agnostic. I don't think anyone really knows. You'll either find out or not when you get there, until then there's no point thinking about it.

The things you own end up owning you.

Do you know how you tell real love? It's when someone else's interest trumps your own.

Personally I like ageing. With age comes wisdom and I have said it before and I say it again, I will take wisdom over youth any day.

It is good to stay in a peaceful poverty than to stay in a painful wealth.

A bad workman quarrels with the man who calls him that.

It is not knowing, but the love of learning, that characterizes the scientific man.

He was the first to recognise me, and to love what he saw.

In front of you I commit myself to serve my country with devotion.

I could live a normal life. My motivation is only to take on new challenges.

A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to it.

Convince people and you win their minds. Inspire people and you win their hearts.

Some folks hide and some folks seek, and seeking when its mindless, neurotic, desperate, or pusillanimous, can be a form of hiding.

I love Jill Scott! I love everything she puts on, how she does her hair; everything about Jill Scott is amazing!