"If I'm going to get in these races and run against the best guys, I'm going to be there with them. And if I die, then I die, but I'm not going to walk away from the track saying, 'I didn't give everything.' Ever again."

“We ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man, and when white will embrace what is right.”

Source : Joseph Lowery's Inaugural Benediction, voices.washingtonpost.com. January 20, 2009.

“I'm always at the opposite end of the spectrum, the opposite of hipster culture, and I enjoy that.”

Source : "The MH Interview: Chad Kroeger". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. October 26, 2012.

“The reason why we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind the scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.”

“A man says what he knows, a woman says what will please.”

“It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis woman's strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice.”

“No, actually 'The Host' was totally a palate-cleanser for me. I wanted to do something a little bit different than romantic love. Romantic love is in there, obviously, because I enjoy writing about that and living it a lot.”

“To seduce the enemies soldiers from their allegiance and encourage them to surrender is of special service, for an adversary is more hurt by desertion than by slaughter.”

“The hippopotamus looks monogamous- he looks as if he would have to be.”