"I dwell in a lonely house I know That vanished many a summer ago."

“With enough butter, anything is good”

“I was certain t find the familiar sting of salt, but what I needed to know was what kind: kitchen, sweat, tears or the sea.”

Source : "The Book of Salt" by Monique Truong, www.nytimes.com. April 6, 2003.

“I'm not easy to live with. My wife is a saint.”

“When the sweet talkin's done, a man is a two face, a worrisome thing who'll leave you to sing the blues in the night.”

“Being in the music business requires having a very strong resolve. You must be completely committed to the craziness that will inevitably ensue when pursing a career in music. There is no one who is immune to this. Not even the biggest music icons.”

“Invention is a flower, innovation is a weed.”

Source : "Ethernet inventor on IoT, innovation, more: Bob Metcalfe Q&A". "RCR Wireless News" with Sean Kinney, www.rcrwireless.com. November 12, 2015.

“If you look at the media coverage and surfing magazines, the one thing that really stands out is how hard it is to find a photo of a girl in a magazine unless it's an ad. It's kind of strange, still to this day. You see these great looking girls surfing so well that are amazingly talented... They are finally the total package.”

“One never comes into embarrassment, if one is ready to balance. To ask oneself never in embarrassment, what have you in these decades made.”