Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

You should definitely visit the Louvre, a world-famous art museum where you can view, at close range, the backs of thousands of other tourists trying to see the Mona Lisa.

Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.

It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate.

Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.

Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once.

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.

The Bible will always be full of things you cannot understand, as long as you will not live according to those you can understand.

In war events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

I have to admit that I am really partial to the look and feel of a book. I have been that way my entire life.

I never wear pants in my life. I never thought I'd say this, but I miss wearing pants. For the first time in my life, I miss my pants.

Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.

It would be great to have a little getaway place somewhere hot, maybe down in Mexico, since I love it there. But now that I've banned myself from the sun, I don't know how that will work.

I do my best to try to keep God with me on a personal level. It's my belief that God really wants a personal relationship with us.

It is my firm belief that action on the issues that matter for Africa must emerge from within Africa itself.

You have to take the chance to bomb and disappoint audiences.

It is hard to look the other way when a dictator is being so cruel and violent with his own people.