If you don't like the scene you're in, if you're unhappy, if you're lonely, if you don't feel that things are happening, change your scene. Paint a new backdrop.

What do years have to do with age?

There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control.

Live nutty. Just occasionally. Just once in a while. And see what happens. It brightens up the day.

There are many miracles in the world to be celebrated and, for me, garlic is the most deserving.

The most painful thing to experience is not defeat but regret

Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.