One of the most important lessons we can glean from the environmental movement is to 'think globally and act locally.'

During meditation your metabolism and your breath rate go down to a level of rest, twice that of deep sleep.

There are different things one can do to establish and hasten the peace process. Meditation is one way.

I'm the lead singer of the Beach Boys and an ambassador of this amazing music that touched a generation.

I learned that when you do the best job that you can do, some people will idolize you, others won't care, and some will vilify you.

You can't sustain a fan base on a great catalog alone. You must take your music directly to the people.

Mankind invents things to fight about.

You have to be careful not to get overexposed.

The great thing about getting older is that you get a chance to tell the people in your life who matter what they mean to you.

The problem with popularity is that if it gets too popular everybody leaves and goes somewhere else.

The history of mankind is a history of war.

Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.

A town without a book shop was a town without a heart

I'm much more a European Italian than I am an American Italian, and I've always felt that that style of acting comedy is in me. I put comedy as much as I can into all my movies, if I can help it.

We would take millions [of undocumented illegal] if they would serve in the military.

Speak of a wolf and you see his tail!

The best way to have peace is to always be prepared to fight a way.

I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.

If we should tell ourselves the truth, all things being equal, President Jonathan will be re-elected with minimal stress, because of his sterling performance in the last six years.

Lighting does occasionally strike and occasional the result isn't a corpse.

I'm an armchair psychologist, I suppose, and I like to kind of sit around and guess and pretend I know what's going on.