It is even more damaging for a minister to say foolish things than to do them.

It is even more damaging for a minister to say foolish things than to do them.

Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand.

A man who does not trust himself will never really trust anybody.

My mom gave me enough self-worth to carry me through difficult experiences. She was very loving and accepting. She was like, 'Whelp, you're gay? OK, cool.'

I grew up in a very devoutly Christian home.

You see fewer and fewer chefs who are really big - most stay in shape.

I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things.

In the future, human rights will be increasingly a universal criterion for designing ethical systems.

I was acting before I did music, so it is an easier transition for me in my own mindset.

You have to fight for your privacy or you lose it.

Actually... I'm starting a new thing and rebelling against ridiculously high heels. It's inhumane.

I see the great continuities in New Zealand history as being decency and common sense and up until now when we've confronted these things we've been able to talk them through, and I'm sure we will with this issue as well.

I've always been a fan of poetry. I grew up with Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the Beat poets. I really followed that stuff for a while. I just love the way people threw words around like they were painting.

We got to do a few things with President Clinton. To be invited to Washington again to play with Ashanti and all those other cool people there in front of President Bush and the rest of the world feels awesome. I'm really looking forward to going.

Eliminating the things you love is not wellness. Wellness feeds your soul and makes you feel good.

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.

Don't belittle the hurt that has been caused by the job-destroying machine that is the European Union.

Comparison will strip you of power of grace and influence. Each person is unique. How then can you possibly compare unique to unique You cant. And when you try you annihilate your brilliance.

I want to thank my mom, Brenda Rose. My heart, the reason I play the way I play, just everything. Just knowing the days I don't feel right, going to practice, having a hard time, I think about her when she had to wake me up, go to work and make sure I was all right. Those were hard days.

As far as expense, I think if 'Twilight' does well enough, then we should be able to do the big expensive stuff for the sequels. I mean, we have to have werewolves, there's no way around it. They have to be there.

Some people would say I've made it now.

Chicago is a wonderful, vibrant city with wonderful food cultures to it, wonderful talent downtown.

In college, you're kind of designing who you want to be. And I wanted to be a big reader.

I wanted to be a marine biologist my whole life until I graduated high school.

The number one thing I look for is personality. For me, the personality of someone makes them more and more attractive over time ... and for those with bad personalities, less and less attractive. I look for honesty, intelligence, kindness, and a good work ethic, to name a few.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

I am imprinted with the whole sense of European history, especially German history, going back to World War I, which really destroyed all the old values and culture. My grandparents had been reasonably well-off but they became quite poor, living in an attic apartment.