To me, NASA is kind of the magical kingdom. I was sort of a geek, and you go there, and there are just these wondrously strange things and people.
All the clothes in my closet are Oakland, California, clothes. You can't wear those anywhere else. The barometric pressure drops and then where are you?
Editors are more concerned with the first chapters of a book; that's what everyone reads first in the bookstore or in the online sample.
I'm one of those goobers who comes out of the polling place actually wearing the 'I VOTED' sticker on my jacket.
I talk to a lot of people who, when you try to sum them up in a couple of sentences, seem like they must be insane.
Bodily fluids and solids are universally the most disgusting things we as human beings can come upon, but as long as they are inside us, it's part of you.
When I'm done with a book, I always give it to someone with expertise in the topic and tell them to flag all of my stupid mistakes.
The odds against an adoptee ending up as the child of the President of the United States are staggering. But then, so are the odds against a movie star becoming president.
A parent can seem very kind and gentle, but as any child knows, as soon as that parent gets stressed, they can suddenly turn and get a bit angry.
The Lord replied, "The years when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when I carried you.
Whatever they may say, your story is truly your own. You have a responsibility to it, the way a father has to a child
Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size.
I'd rather be known for my accomplishments, and for things that I really do take pride in, rather than known for this doll-like image I had when I was a child.
We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm.
Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.
We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?
We're often afraid of looking at our shadow because we want to avoid the shame or embarrassment that comes along with admitting mistakes.
Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit.
The spiritual path - is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don't know it.
Anytime you try to be a loving person, you're doing your part to save the world.
You get enough people agreeing in consciousness that Mexico is a dangerous place, and that dangerous thought will make it so.
