Quotes About Home

My nickname, when I was 15 years old in the Coast Guard, they called me 'Hollywood' because I went to the movies all the time. It was such great escapism. That's why I ran away from home.

Small places intrigue me. Whenever I tried moving to a larger city, I ran back to the hills.

We live on a 500-acre ranch, beautiful ranch.

I can't wait to get back to the ranch and go back to easy living.

I have a ranch, which is my favorite place in the world.

We had a ranch, growing up, that we used to spend a lot of time at. I guess anything from the ranch house would probably be some of my favorite childhood memories.

No matter where I'm at - Home Goods, it could be a mother of two, and she'll be a fan, and it's, like, random as hell to me.

The bees learn where they live by landmarks. If they're moved within their home range, they get confused.

I've always had a way with a gun. As a kid, I loved to fire them at the shooting range in amusement parks. I'd always return home with a handful of prizes.

Most people who are looking to get a handgun are going to get a carry permit. But most people don't carry around rifles with them; they keep them at home or at the range.

About 25 years ago, my wife and I bought Kenny Loggins' house in Santa Barbara. It was way out of our price range, but we said, 'Screw it, let's go for it.' We've raised our family there. We overextended ourselves at the perfect time in our lives, and it worked out for the best.

If I had to choose between clothes and furniture, I'd choose furniture.

Reupholstered furniture can look fabulous.

I love having beautiful furniture and things, but I don't want my space to look like a showroom.

For my first apartment, when I was first married, I went to the lumberyard and bought stuff and made couches. My then-wife made cushions. I was really very interested in furniture. I was in school for architecture, but I had to live, and making furniture was different from designing buildings, which I couldn't do for myself.

I don't have any furniture.

I'm not a furniture person. You sit on the stuff, sleep on it, make love on it.

If I had been in the gallery, I'd have gone home.

When I'm at home, I love playing action-oriented computer games.

You may not know it, but I was adopted as a baby by my wonderful parents, Allan and Margaret Atkins of Cumberland Gap, Tenn.

When I get home, I clean out the garage and play ball with my son. That's it.

Souvenirs always tend to look great when you see them in some exotic souk but awful when you finally get them back home. They tend to start in my study and eventually get demoted to the garage or the loft.

I made a gym in my garage.

Someone has to take the garbage out, someone has to cook the food, and someone has to clean the dishes. I want to do all of that.