Archives - January 2016

The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.

Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities.

Creativity is not so much a boundless well, but an all-you-can-eat buffet of elements for your creative endeavor.

If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life.

We like to praise birds for flying. But how much of it is actually flying, and how much of it is just sort of coasting from the previous flap?

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.

Childhood is that wonderful time when all you need to do to lose weight is take a bath.

Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.

Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.

Sometimes you just have to jump in a mud puddle because it's there. Never get so old that you forget about having fun.

We are used to cleaning the outside house, but the most important house to clean is yourself --- your own house --- which we never do.

The brighter you are, the more you have to learn.

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.

Unless I accept my faults I will most certainly doubt my virtues.

Laughing together is as close as you can get to a hug without touching.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.

I'm of the opinion that as a DJ you must always play what you love and ignore what's "trendy" because true passion always eclipses what's fashionable. Quality is always fashionable.

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.

I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way, why not let them know?

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.

What you look like on the outside is not what makes you cool at all. I mean, I had a mullet and wore parachute pants for a long, long time, and I'm doin' okay.

It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.

Now people see that competitive curling of a high caliber is athletic, not just beer parties. It takes mental and physical strength.

Each person is an enigma. You're a puzzle not only to yourself but also to everyone else, and the great mystery of our time is how we penetrate this puzzle.

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.