"In Nepal, I realized a certain part of my spiritual search had come to an end. I wasn't ever going to live in a Himalayan cave (I like electricity and a soft bed way too much), and I sure wasn't going to find enlightenment so easily."

“I don't have any solution, but I certainly admire the problem.”

“My dad's mission for me has always been to be a man they would write about, somebody that can be respected in the world.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com

“Rise above principle and do what is right.”

“Winners make commitments, losers make excuses.”

Source : John Schuerholz, Larry Guest (2008). “Built to Win: Inside Stories and Leadership Strategies from Baseball's Winningest GM”, p.22, Hachette UK

“I'm against tax increases on anyone, period, end of debate.”

Source : "Rep. Cole: I'm not for raising tax rates on anyone". "Your World Cavuto" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. November 28, 2012.

“I know well enough that very few people who are supposedly interested in writing are interested in writing well. They are interested in publishing something, and if possible in making a "killing." They are interested in being a writer not in writing. . . If this is what you are interested in, I am not going to be much use to you.”

“All I could do at school was paint and draw and that was the only time I ever passed any exam. It was the only thing I ever got right at school.”

“I've noticed that about your people, Doctor. You find it easier to understand the death of one than the death of a million. You speak about the objective hardness of the Vulcan heart, yet how little room there seems to be in yours.”