Tom Hanks has been a huge idol of mine. I'd love to work with someone like him someday. You could learn a lot working with someone like that.

I always have the most fun on the Fourth of July. You don't have to exchange any gifts. You just go to the beach and watch fireworks. It's always fun.

When I'm trying to go to sleep and there are little noises, like a clock ticking or a fan squeaking, it drives me completely insane

My New Year's resolution is to stick to a good workout plan that will keep me healthy and happy.

Students of American glass must always keep in mind that the creations they collect are truly examples of our American culture... and thus have historical significance.

It has been common knowledge to informed collectors that many times the finest and rarest art glass is found unsigned.

What do I like in a girl? I like a girl that likes me, a girl that knows how to smile and see the bright side of things. A girl that makes me a better person.

Visual presentation of our heritage in glass is needed.

The police have no right to do what they have been doing to the protesters. Their behavior has been designed to chill the protester's constitutional rights. This judge's ruling is wonderful.

The cast gets along pretty well, it's a good work environment. I hang out a lot with Brett Claywell, he plays Tim Smith on the show. We play plenty of basketball

The lines of Pearl Art Glass are clean, certainly not cluttered.

Each day in this country, twenty-three hundred children are reported missing.

Life is only logical, and to think it's a gift is depressing.

I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old

Allow your passion to become your purpose, and it will one day become your profession.

The older I get the more I realize that a significant portion of a parent's happiness or sadness in middle-age will be directly impacted by how closely our children are walking with the Lord.

Anyone can be killed.

Romantic love is an addiction: a perfectly wonderful addiction when it's going well, and a perfectly horrible addiction when it's going poorly.

As a white candle / In a holy place, / So is the beauty / Of an aged face

You don't need brains to be a painter, just feelings.

Think of the most amazing thing you could possibly do with your life. Then say out loud, 'YES.'