"Dance bars are seen as the place where gangsters go to relax and spend money."

“The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.”

Source : John Ortberg (2001). “Love Beyond Reason: Moving God's Love from Your Head to Your Heart”, p.24, Harper Collins

“I don't buy into you're on the slag heap when you're 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 or whatever.”

“When I talk about an "empathy bank," I don't mean literally opening up a bank and putting in deposits. What I mean is that the more we can, as individuals and as members of a community, empathize with, understand the pain and uncertainty economic crisis causes other people, the more we lay the groundwork for political change.”

“You may just miss an awesome ride if you only look at happiness as a destination.”

“Anyone who thinks consumption can expand forever on a finite planet is either insane or an economist.”

“If you continue to improve a product enough, you'll eventually ruin it.”

“If you give customers a chance, they'll communicate with you in many ways”

“Country music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories with rather simple melodies that the average person can follow. Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to.”