"Throughout my life, cigars have played different roles for me. They fit easily and well in the various stages and experiences Ive had -- like a companion, almost. If youve smoked a long time, as I have, they become part of you."

“I'm praying we don't go to war with Iraq. If we do, I may have to go back to work earlier.”

“I think you have to earn beauty. You can use it or abuse it however you want when you`re young. It`s a God-given gift. You have a visiting card - you can go into any room and someone will come and talk to you. But I`ve always thought from very early on that you have to be careful with that - not being vain or narcissistic. Have fun, but don`t be obsessed with it.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style.”

Source : Interview with Scott Gordon, www.avclub.com. October 19, 2006.

“One of my biggest lessons in life is, we heal at the speed of our forgiveness.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

“Things happen when people are not where they belong, and the world moves forward and back by that principle.”

“The "cumulative effects" of unbridled commercialism, however difficult to assess, constitute one key to the impact of growing up in the core of the world's marketing system. Minimally, it suggests unpreparedness for, and lack of interest in, the world that exists outside the shopping mall.”

Source : "Living In The Number One Country". Book by Herbert Schiller, 2000.

“The daily lessons have opened my mind to higher possibilities and given me a newfound personal wisdom. Success is now the only option, it’s what I now expect for myself.”

“While it may be true in some instances that our promised blessings will be fulfilled only in the eternities, it is also true that as we search, pray, and believe, we will often recognize things working together for our good in this life.”