Quotes About Renewal

I felt like I could write about quiet, self-contained moments and also about those moments when the world rushes in again.

I haven't had a chance to play a quiet leading man in a while.

There's nothing like Opening Day. There's nothing like the start of a new season. I started playing baseball when I was seven years old and quit playing when I was 40, so it's kind of in my blood.

I have shaved my head. My flowing locks are now quite a bit shorter.

There's that Bob Dylan quote: 'He who's not busy being born is busy dying.' That's a great line. And I really believe that.

I'm better off when I take a little break from racing now and then.

We need to build roads, bridges, airports, locks, dams, and rail that work for this century - not the last one. And let's not forget about updating our energy grid, repairing and replacing our water infrastructure and sewers, and making sure all Americans have access to broadband.

One can find so many pains when the rain is falling.

This morning's scene is good and fine, Long rain has not harmed the land.

I think poems return us to that place of mud and dirt and earth, sun and rain.

I'm well-traveled. I've had to get a few passports because I ran out of pages.

I think taking a gap after a long-running show is a must.

Well, I always leave massive gaps between albums.

For me, it is important to take gaps after finishing a project.

We can make this country the garden of Eden.

I just feel like the garden is a place where you can explore humanity quite deeply.

So maybe I can go back to being a Gardeners' World addict again.

Whatever has gone on in the week, 'Gardeners' World' marks the end of it.

Sleep is the gasoline that keeps me going.

It's always a little more difficult after taking a few years off, which we did from 2004 through 2008. It's more difficult to get the machine in gear again, but when you become used to it, then it becomes easier.

This nation is never finished. It has to be re-created in each generation.

Everything that gets born dies.

I think I always have to feel fresh start, because I am getting old!

Every single one of my girlfriends who's had a big breakup has gone and done some kind of makeover, including myself.