Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death.
Fatherhood isn't always a planned thing, but when it happens you just do it. It's very natural and in that sense it's not really difficult.
I didn't think that wave was going to offer a ton,. . . But the wave just held form, and I was able to get a lot out of it.
I still feel like my best surfing is ahead of me.
Not to sound too deep or weird, but I think that the times when you really appreciate surfing are the times you're really sort of becoming one with nature. Surfing's as raw of a sport as it gets.
It's like the mafia. Once you're in - your in. There's no getting out.
Motivation is temporary. Inspiration is permanent.
President Reagan was a master communicator. In this particular speech he did a brilliant job moving between the stately role of U. S. President and a national eulogist. The pain of the event was etched on his face. In 4 short minutes, he addressed five different audiences. He spoke to the collective mourners, families of the fallen, NASA employees, school children, and even took a poke at Russia. He communicated comfort and patriotism within a very short timeframe. That's not easy to do.
The best policy is to declare victory and leave.
The fundamental idea of modern capitalism is not the right of the individual to possess and enjoy what he has earned, but the ;thesis that the exercise of this right redounds to the general good.
I wondered at him, so wise and so foolish, to have lived with me all these months and not know that the worst storms break inside a man.