Tea is certainly as much of a social drink as coffee, and more domestic, for the reason that the teacup hours are the family hours.

The spirit of the tea beverage is one of peace, comfort, and refinement.

Your mother sets you up blind dates? With guys like that?" The corners of his mouth twitched. "She doesn't like you very much, does she?

The only way to get the best out of the diminishing life is to invest it into the fulfilment of your purpose.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

It has been important to me, as an historian of photography, to understand photography by photographing.

Without a plan, there's no attack. Without attack, no victory.

It just sucks when you’ve given so much and you realize it still wasn't good enough for someone.

I started studying filmmakers, and I would say early on the ones that really inspired me the most were like the field magicians of music videos.

I've been wanting to have my own family since I was young. It just took me a while to find the perfect woman.

Environmentalism has become a special interest, incapable of addressing large, complex, and global problems such as global warming.

If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you.