The surfing - the waves in Indonesia are amazing.

We dream of the perfect wave, the perfect job, the perfect house. When we get there, we dream of something else.

To catch a wave, to stand up - it was just life-changing. There was nothing that even came close. I quit playing all other sports - by the time I was eleven, they were toast.

I've always been a big supporter of the Surfrider Foundation. I started my own foundation, Rob Machado Foundation, which focuses on environmental education for the little people of the world.

People who are loving are kind, and those who are kind become beloved.

I like visionaries because they choose to see the best in the worst of situations.

Such truth, as opposeth no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome.

I am at my most powerful when I am working with life rather than against it.

Chastity without charity is a lamp without oil.

Collaboration is not an absolute good.

Before I could read, I remember trying to piece together the stories from the images. It was a very primal experience.

Children coming forth today have a greater capacity to deal with, the greater variety of information that is coming forth, than you did.

Nothing soothes me more after a long and maddening course of pianoforte recitals than to sit and have my teeth drilled.

I have to stay positive and live for today and tomorrow.