To really be centered and to really work well and to think about the kinds of things that I need to think about, I need to spend large amounts of time alone.

I'd say that after my father passed my writing changed, it went deeper. Most would say 'matured' but I don't think I'd use that word in relation to my progress. I think 'change' is a little more accurate.

Rick Springfield

Whatever can be noted historically can be found within history.

Martin Heidegger

There are those of us who are always about to live. We are waiting until things change, until there is more time, until we are less tired, until we get a promotion, until we settle down -- until, until, until. It always seems as if there is some major event that must occur in our lives before we begin living.

George Sheehan

The best way to get praise is to die.

Italian Proverb

I have no greater joy then to hear that my children walk in truth. John 4

Bible

Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal.

Don Shula

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

William Hazlitt

If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?

Steven Wright

Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.

Orson Welles

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.

Steve Prefontaine

It's important to ask candidates about their beliefs, in part because politicians frequently exploit religious faith - often with the idea that voters will be more likely to unthinkingly accept certain political positions so long as they arise from religious belief.

Gary Bauer

A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.

Brad Pitt