The truth of the matter was that I made myself disappear. I never liked being a Judge, so I just decided to start over. Sorry to inconvenience anyone.

In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it.

Adam Carolla

Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace.

River Phoenix

Beauty saves. Beauty heals. Beauty motivates. Beauty unites. Beauty returns us to our origins, and here lies the ultimate act of saving, of healing, of overcoming dualism.

Matthew Fox

You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare.

Mal Pancoast

If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do.

J. Michael Straczynski

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.

Samuel Johnson

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Everybody, even me, sometimes had to compromise on something, doing things we know to be wrong, and this happens doing whatever job in the world. But a singer must have the courage of saying no.

Jose Carreras

Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it. You literally mold the experience the way you want. It's therapy.

Erykah Badu

One of the biggest obstacles to making a start on climate change is that it has become a cliche before it has even been understood

Tim Flannery

Cold If the thermometer had been an inch longer we'd all have frozen to death

Mark Twain

He believed in me. And I found that so empowering.

Bill Atkinson