In both life and work, stay flexible. Whether in a country, a company, or a family, the same holds true: Dictatorship and rigidity rarely work. Freedom and elasticity do.

I've always wanted to improve on the idea of living well, In moderation, wine is good for you - mentally, physically, and spiritually.

Wine to me is passion. It's family and friends. It's warmth of heart and generosity of spirit.

I say to consumers: instead of relying totally on critics, drink what you like and like what you drink.

Even more importantly, it's wine, food and the arts. Incorporating those three enhances the quality of life.

My path was simple: Follow your passion. Pour in your heart and soul. Settle for nothing less than excellence. And with enough hard work and faith in yourself, you can realize your dream.

I always knew that food and wine were vital, with my mother being Italian and a good cook.

I want to make wines that harmonize with food - wines that almost hug your tongue with gentleness.

I feel blessed. So many men and women search and search but never find their passion, their calling, their sense of mission that would ignite their hearts and fill their lives with meaning and joy.

Wine has been with civilized man from the beginning.

Critics have done the wine industry a lot of good overall.

Our knowledge can only be finite while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.

No one questions the validity, the urgency, the essentiality of the Voting Rights Act.

I used to be a mean maniac. Someone once threw a firecracker at a show and I jumped off the side of the stage and whacked 'em on the side of the head.

If one isn't parsimonious before Christmas one can't be munificent when it arrives.

It's always challenging to go into a role.

Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.

Canadians have an abiding interest in surprising those Americans who have historically made little effort to learn about their neighbour to the North.

My father thought I would lead a simple life; that I was bright but unambitious, complacant with whatever work life threw at me. My father, as usual, was wrong.

In a dark time, the mind begins to see.

I think e-mail and social media and all that has made me feel way less isolated than ever before.