"The spark of ambition becomes a blaze of accomplishment only through disciplined persistence. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a profound truth that true innovation is born when curiosity dares to question long-settled assumptions."

"It is a subtle truth that experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a subtle truth that vision without execution is fantasy; execution without vision is chaos — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is."

"Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy."

"Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences."

"I don't excercise. If God had wanted me to bend over, he would have put diamonds on the floor."