"One of the great things about the X Games and the Olympics is being on the international stage. It gives you a cool opportunity to express, not only your personal style, but also your faith and what you believe in and your values."

“Artists get to step outside their comfort zone a 'lil bit and we get some great songs!!”

“Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.”

“Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do to lift the human spirit, things that are easy, things that are free, things that you can do every day. Civility, respect, kindness, character.”

Source : "20 famous college commencement speeches" by Mo Elinzano, www.deseretnews.com. May 6, 2015.

“Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan.”

“The two elements of the suburban pattern that cause the greatest problems are the extreme separation of uses and the vast distances between things”

Source : James Howard Kunstler (1994). “Geography Of Nowhere: The Rise And Declineof America'S Man-Made Landscape”, p.117, Simon and Schuster

“I look down from the branch I'm perched on. The Careers look murderous. Now I smile.'How have things been with you?' I ask sweetly.”

“I do sense that the financial system is under the gun. In order to keep our system and economies moving globally, there's the need to extend new money.”

Source : Interview with Hobart Rowen, www.washingtonpost.com. January 2, 1983.

“There have been concerns about the long-term prospect that we lose control of certain kinds of intelligences. I fundamentally don’t think that’s going to happen.”