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“The best advice I could give is be yourself. Before I was on the American Idol show I made goals for myself. I said, "Who do I want to be, and what will I compromise, or won't I compromise?" And then, I stuck with that.”
Source : Source: www.beliefnet.com
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“Argument does not soften, but rather hardens, the obdurate heart.”
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“A gift is acceptable according to what the giver has, not according to what he has not.”
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“I've heard every pie joke in the book. I'm still waiting for an original one.”
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“The Singularity denotes an event that will take place in the material world, the inevitable next step in the evolutionary process that started with biological evolution and has extended through human-directed technological evolution. however, it is precisely in the world of matter and energy that we encounter transcendence, a principal connotation of what people refer to as spirituality.”
Source : Ray Kurzweil (2005). “The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology”, p.498, Penguin
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“Any nation or government that deprives an individual of freedom is in that moment committing an act of moral and spiritual murder. Any individual who is not concerned about his freedom commits an act of moral and spiritual suicide.”
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“Contemplate the good things in your life and be grateful for them.”
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“I'm the kind of person who'll have a few drinks and fall asleep at 11.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.