Ever since I was a child, I wanted to excel in everything.

It is giving me a great satisfaction, because I had the notion that we could make great wines equal to the greatest wines in the world, and everybody said it was impossible.

If you go back to the Greeks and Romans, they talk about all three - wine, food, and art - as a way of enhancing life.

I want to make wines that harmonize with food - wines that almost hug your tongue with gentleness.

I say to consumers: instead of relying totally on critics, drink what you like and like what you drink.

I've always wanted to improve on the idea of living well, In moderation, wine is good for you - mentally, physically, and spiritually.

We definitely need to get the excitement back.

Even more importantly, it's wine, food and the arts. Incorporating those three enhances the quality of life.

Once I was able to take care of myself and my children, I then wanted to share.

Critics have done the wine industry a lot of good overall.

This is what I think is very essential... moderation can be good for you.

Also, many consumers consider a critic to be like God Almighty.

We want to raise the art of living well.

Ever since I was a child, I wanted to excel in everything.

Wine has been with civilized man from the beginning.

Later, at Stanford University, I thought I'd become a lawyer or businessman, but my father came to me and said he thought there was a big future in the fine-wine business.

My wife taught me the importance of living well.

I always knew that food and wine were vital, with my mother being Italian and a good cook.

My brother and I had saved $15,000 by working many years nailing fruit crates together.

Whether I played marbles, whether I played football or slam anything else, I wanted to excel.

How beautiful it is to excel, and the goodness of giving from your heart.

As I traveled the world over, I traveled everywhere, and I learned so much.

There are a lot of people with a lot of money, and I'm amazed they don't understand what a great pleasure it can be to give.

I always knew the importance of it, since I was three or four years old my mother used to feed me wine and water. I grew up with wine as liquid food.

My mother served me wine and water from the time I was 3 years old.

Wine to me is passion. Its family and friends. Its warmth of heart and generosity of spirit. Wine is art. Its culture. Its the essence of civilization and the art of living.

Making good wine is a skill. Fine wine is an art.

I am not alone in thinking that we are at a tipping point ecologically and morally and politically. Democracy cannot survive without a vibrant middle class, yet the policies of one of the parties has been committed to wiping it out for 30 years.

Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush.

The beauties of the game may be lost on some of us sometimes, but many children will read about football when they will read nothing else, not for realism or glamour but for romance.

I'm an avid cook. Brazilian, some Italian, a little French. And I often throw dinner parties.

Outside of a couple of times I ran without eating right or being too tired, I always feel great after I run.

I'm the number-one fan of gangster movies.

Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.

If you think you are too small to make a difference try sleeping with a mosquito.

I'm never trying to break a career high out there.

The knowledge and understanding of the world which science gives us and the magnificent opportunity which it extends to us to control and use the world for the extension of our pleasure in it has never been greater than it now is.

Boston is a very proud franchise. The NBA misses them when they are not in the mix. They, along with teams like the Knicks and 76ers are a big part of the heart, soul and history of the league.

The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America.

The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a sense of humor, but they weren't quite sure if they liked me and they didn't know whether or not that I was sensitive.

Elvis lived here until thirteen and nobody can really take that from us!

That's what I love about sketch comedy: a sketch is five minutes, then it goes dark, and there's the potential for something else.

The thing about 'Aquarius' is it's incredibly original, and it's really different than anything on network television. The story is so compelling, and it's something people are fascinated by.

When I was fifteen years old, my dad won a video camera in a corporate golf tournament. I snatched it from his closet and began filming skateboard videos with my friends.

I have had a lot of cool offers to move into traditional media, but I'm not completely sold I have to do that.

Rhythm is one of the most powerful of pleasures, and when we feel a pleasurable rhythm we hope it will continue. When it does, it grows sweeter.

Productivity depends on many factors, including our workforce's knowledge and skills and the quantity and quality of the capital, technology, and infrastructure that they have to work with.

It's almost therapeutic driving there and driving back (to North Carolina), with the time you get to think about things as well as create checklists.

I spent a couple of months just riding a bike doing my own training in the streets.