"Travel is a joy, full of surprises. Perhaps some of the most enjoyable times are those where one comes close to disaster: the risks add spice, and make for great stories when you are safely back home again."

“You grow a whole lot more as a writer by getting old stories out of the house and letting new ones come in and live with you until they grow up and are ready to go. Don't let the old ones stay there and grow fat and cranky and eat all the food out of the refrigerator. You have dozens of generations of stories inside you, but the only way to make room for the new ones is to write the old ones and mail them off.”

“Just as eagles soar through the vast expanse of the sky without meeting any obstructions, needing only minimal effort to maintain their flight, so advanced meditators concentrating on emptiness can meditate on emptiness for a long time with little effort. Their minds soar through space-like emptiness, undistracted by any other phenomenon. When we meditate on emptiness we should try to emulate these meditators.”

“We use a lot of creativity and new technology, cutting edge things to use in our church, but really what it comes down to is God changing a life.”

Source : "Megachurch Interview: Kerry Shook". Interview with Ed Stetzer, www.christianitytoday.com. September 2008.

“Laughing brains are more absorbent.”

Source : "Exclusive Q&A with celebrity chef Alton Brown". Interview with Michael Yoder, www.flyafter5.com. November 10, 2014.

“If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days, the audience notices it.”

“There is something in the human psyche that there is a connection between horses and humans, a real special kind of a thing, and I guess it’s always been there. I hope it will always be there, I hope we don’t evolve past that.”

“We're all blessed, and we need to always thank GOD for those blessings.”

“If you keep working you'll last longer. I'd hate to spend the rest of my life trying to outwit an 18-inch fish.”