"Oh, if I had only known, if I had only been ready, our lives can really be the great adventure we so passionately want them to be."

“Sometimes I'll listen to a little old Van Halen, or some Beatles, Zeppelin stuff, classical music... I like a lot of different things.”

“One trophy is good, but two are better. That way, when a hero wears his medals on his chest, at least his steps are level as he walks by.”

“I always find that 90% of the performance, for me, is about what comes from inside.”

“The gospel of Jesus Christ challenges us to change. “Repent” is its most frequent message, and repenting means giving up all of our practices-perso nal, family, ethnic, and national-that are contrary to the commandments of God. The purpose of the gospel is to transform common creatures into celestial citizens, and that requires change.”

“Such is the effect of the grace of God in the heart of a pilgrim; while on one hand he sees the propensity of his evil nature to every sin which has been committed by others, and is humbled; he also confesses, that, by no power of his own, is he preserved, but ever gives the glory to the God of all grace, by whose power alone he is kept from falling.”

“And suddenly the world was filled with wooden faces and flat voices - and, you were alone.”

“You won't talk to anybody who breaks lyrics down more thoroughly. It's just a complete deconstruction, and when you start to rebuild, nobody has the capacity to do it like me. Which is not to say I'm better, it's just that there's a unique quality to everyone.”

“I'm not going to go into operational matters obviously.”

Source : "Islamic State leader's identity 'operational matter' says Defence Minister Kevin Andrews". Interview with Leigh Sales, www.abc.net.au. April 14, 2015.