We decide where the time goes. There's so much freedom in that, and so much responsibility.

[Present over perfect is] about rejecting the myth that every day is a new opportunity to prove our worth, and about the truth that our worth is inherent, given by God, not earned by our hustling.

Oh, the quiet moments alone with God I sacrificed in order to cross a few things off the to-do list I worshiped.

You cannot taste the oil until you pour out the vinegar.

For every failure, there's an alternativecourse of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

Ladies, ladies, ladies, ” Hugh Shaughnessy said as he strode into the room with his son in his arms. “There is plenty of this baby – and his poop – to go around.

Kind of a bummer, getting your butt kicked by a dead guy.

Everyone only goes around the track once in life and if you don't enjoy that trip it's pretty pathetic.

Besides surfing, I play tennis, volleyball, I swim, I run hills, or I do high-intensity, high-interval workouts. I'm up at 5 A.M. every day.

A Writer says: read what I have written An historian says: listen to my lecture A critic says: listen to what I think A journalist says: let me tell you a story.

I don’t even know at what age I started, because it’s always been there. Performing … creating … it’s in my DNA.

The only thing I can count on daily is the unexpected. I usually try to start my day with a run before I even turn on my computer and clog my head with things to be done.

I couldn't do my homework if my room wasn't clean. And it has carried on now that I am older, in a very freakish way.

If the earth does grow inhospitable toward human presence, it is primarily because we have lost our sense of courtesy toward the earth and its inhabitants.