Don't be a blueprint. Be an original.

The greatest thing the Democrats have ever done for me was to defeat me for the governor of Tennessee.

Put your trust in the Lord and go ahead. Worry gets you no place.

I don't owe one man one cent. Anywhere.

Don't be a blueprint. Be an original.

There is no one who is insignificant in the purpose of God.

It wasn't until I was in that world, directing shows and movies, that I realized basically my job is to give back to another generation what the generation before me gave to me.

I think when you're blessed with great influences, you need to spread it.

Grime reminds me that swimming is very gladiatorial.

To be an end in myself is to bring an end to myself.

I'm an efficient, good, professional reporter. But I also write. And so what I try to do is write about places that I know that I care about intensely and write about them in a way that conveys the fact that I care.

Anytime you get men in glitter, it's a flamboyant occasion!

Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable.

As for despair, it comes about when I have been a fool and hate myself and despair of my personality. I am prone to gloom, but not depression as such.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.

The conqueror is regarded with awe the wise man commands our respect but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.

When you start with next to nothing, all you've got is a lot of thought, a lot of innovation, figuring new ways to do things without using a lot of money.

Cello is my first instrument, then piano, drums, bass, violin, recorder, saxophone, but I'd never play them live!

The problem here is with a human being, not with a monster, not with an animal. The human being does things that even the monster does not do, because the human is more sophisticated.

By trying to understand everything, everything makes me dream.

There's a difference between a free market and free-for-all market.

I really love learning about animals. I pull from a deck of spirit animal cards. You pull one, and it's about 50 or 60 different animals, and then that day you read whichever animal you pull. And it kind of gives you insight.

Each soil has had its own history. Like a river, a mountain, a forest, or any natural thing, its present condition is due to the influences of many things and events of the past.

Of course voting is useful. But then again, I don't put a big glow to it. Voting is about as essential as washing yourself. It's something you're supposed to do. Now, you can't go around bragging, expecting to get props because you voted. That's stupid.

I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. For the record, I'd like to say I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even first.

I'm thrilled when I hear the greatest jazz musicians. They continue to search in ways other musicians do not.

Never let a cold lifeless piece of metal take away from your beautiful existence.

Certainly I'm not going to sit on the Internet all day and read what Sam from Iowa is saying about me. But I'm a sponge. I've always been a sponge.