You can think best when you're happiest.

You can think best when you're happiest.

Use your brain, not your endurance.

A light, tender, sensitive touch is worth a ton of brawn.

The difference between winning and losing is always a mental one.

Fractal geometry is not just a chapter of mathematics but one that helps Everyman to see the same world differently.

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

America spends a fortune on drugs: more per person than any other nation on earth, even though Americans are no healthier than the citizens of other advanced nations.

I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works.

A day does not go by when I am not in a line at a store or at a McDonald's, and someone will touch my hand, and they will say, 'Thank you.'

Comfort is a state of mind.

Instruments sound interesting, not because of their sound, but because of the relationship a player has with them. Instrumentalists build a rapport with their instruments, which is what you like and respond to.

There is no such thing as a crazy dog person in New York. Are there people who are completely insane about their dogs? Hordes. But cat people may as well have whiskers and tails themselves. That's because their pets' lack of social need taps straight into our worst fears as the human inhabitants of New York.

I love The Inn at Palmetto Bluff, an Auberge Property in Bluffton, South Carolina. It's a spectacular corner of the world, with massive old trees lined with Spanish moss, and alligators swimming in the river.

With a hangover and with fear it is difficult to put a helmet on your head.

I do have very high customer service standards - I'd send back sushi because it's too fishy.

One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.

Somebody's got to be last. Somebody's going to be first.

Relentlessly prune bullshit, don’t wait to do things that matter, and savor the time you have.

I find that fencing and training give me more stamina and help me deal with the craziness of being on the road so much.

Open your heart and mind like the wings of a butterfly. See then how high you can fly.

Three years after the four deepest previous recessions began - in 1953, 1957, 1973 and 1981 - employment was on average 4.7% higher than the pre-recession peak.

If I was a carpenter, and I was trying to maintain my father's musical legacy, then I guess it would be a burden because it wouldn't be natural to me to be dealing in music when my natural ability is in woodwork or whatever. But because my natural talent is also music, it kind of makes it much easier.

Who cares if a carrot has a slight bend? They're all the same when they end up on the plate.

One of the most important tricks for maximizing your productivity involves matching your mental state to the task.

A government that can at pleasure accuse, shoot, and hang men, as traitors, for the one general offence of refusing to surrender themselves and their property unreservedly to its arbitrary will, can practice any and all special and particular oppressions it pleases.

Being the Queen is not all about singing, and being a diva is not all about singing. It has much to do with your service to people. And your social contributions to your community and your civic contributions as well.

I went to my first game May 30, 1956, and Mantle was in the beginnings of his Triple Crown season. And he was drop-dead handsome.

I think among the retired FBI agents there are some who would not like to see him come back, but I think the people running the FBI now are interested in catching him.