We love comfort, and people make a lot of money selling us comfort, but I would challenge the notion that comfort is usually good for us.

... this idea, that humans are essentially weak creatures, is actually deeply woven into a lot of the ways in which humans think about our bodies.

Many people are afraid of running because between 30 to 70 percent (depending on how you measure it) of runners get injured every year.

I don't hate you. I love you and adore you because you are so innocent you don't know what you are doing.

Every journey has a starting point . . . and it has an end. God meant for [life] to be filled with joy and purpose. He invites us to . . . take the rest of our journey with Him.

For every worm beneath the moon Draws different threads, and late and soon Spins, toiling out his own cocoon.

For now the poet cannot die, Nor leave his music as of old, But round him ere he scarce be cold Begins the scandal and the cry.

My feeling has always been that 'Good Eats' would have never happened had it been left to a committee.

A nation has character only when it is free.

I don't always want to read serious fiction. But when I read fiction that's not serious, I don't want to read brain candy. Entertain me, for God's sake.

People who stop learning become the owners of the past. People who still continue to study will be the future owners.

I don't know if I want a steady relationship, but I'm terrified of losing you.

I was homeschooled growing up, and we fantasized about high school, about what that experience was going to be like.