"The one certain thing was that death never came at an expected moment."

“Yeah, I'm a thrill seeker, but crikey, education's the most important thing.”

Source : Interview at Scientific American online, March 26, 2001.

“I knew I wanted to be a writer from as far back as I can remember. That was my talent. Lord knows it wasn't math.”

“Dating back to Teddy Roosevelt, hunters have been the pillar of conservation in America, doing more than anyone to conserve wildlife and its habitat.”

“Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.”

“Greg Trooper writes great songs, including one of my very favorite songs in the world, Little Sister. On top of all that, there's his voice - an instrument I have coveted for 15 years.”

“When we associate with the virtuous we form ourselves in imitation of their virtues, or at least lose, every day, something of our faults.”

“I have always felt that perhaps women have sometimes almost embraced the same values as men, and the same character as men, because they are in the men's world, and they are trying to fit into a system that men have created. And maybe in truth when there is a critical mass of women who play that role in governments, then we will see whether women can really manage power in a way that is less destructive than the way that men have used power.”

“The more we cling to virtues like humility, selflessness, modesty, and purity, the more beautiful we become - not only in His eyes, but also in the eyes of others. You can't airbrush that.”

Source : Kylie Bisutti (2013). “I'm No Angel: From Victoria's Secret Model to Role Model”, p.244, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.