Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny' shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time I felt like I had learned another language mastered a new culture adopted a new religion.

I don't normally talk about my religion publicly because I don't want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful if you learn it the right way.

I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell.

I wasn't smart enough to read relationship books when I was coming up. I learned everything the hard way.

I personally don't believe people really grow. They just learn stuff when they were a kid and hold on to it and that affects every relationship they have.

What I learned from directing I learned from soccer where it's like a coach-player relationship.

If you have parents with a healthy relationship you don't learn that you don't have to be married. I thought being a healthy adult meant you had to have a spouse. I didn't know any different.

First and foremost I am a commercial writer and I hope to entertain people. But having said that I'm in love with the relationship between humans and dogs and the more I learned about what our military working dogs are doing I wanted to at least share with people what an important role these animals have in all our lives.

Even if you know that what you'll say will hurt a woman's feelings I've learned that it's better to be truthful with her than it is to cover up. Ultimate honesty is what a relationship is really about.

I did learn one great lesson from a past relationship and that was to never talk about relationships in print again because I'd rather live my private life than read about it.

I'd say to any woman get out of that bad relationship that's turning you into a shell of your former self. Learn from it and get out. Then wait enjoy yourself and your friends because when what you want comes along you'll spot it.

Sex is... perfectly natural. It's something that's pleasurable. It's enjoyable and it enhances a relationship. So why don't we learn as much as we can about it and become comfortable with ourselves as sexual human beings because we are all sexual?

Being grown up and in a serious relationship I've learned so much. I'm happier than I've every been.

It is not our purpose to become each other it is to recognize each other to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.

We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do and more in the light of what they suffer.

I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.

Something I learned very early on in my career is that there are a lot of things that you do not have any power over.

Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype then it begins to fall apart.

I learned a good deal about economics and about America from the author of the Reagan tax reforms - the great Jack Kemp. What gave Jack that incredible enthusiasm was his belief in the possibilities of free people in the power of free enterprise and strong communities to overcome poverty and despair. We need that same optimism right now.

The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.

I truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path for a purpose. There are no accidents we're all teachers - if we're willing to pay attention to the lessons we learn trust our positive instincts and not be afraid to take risks or wait for some miracle to come knocking at our door.

The nature of catastrophe is after all reasonably unvarying in the way it ruins destroys wounds and devastates. But if something can be learned from the event - not least something as profound as the theory of plate tectonics - then it somehow puts the ruination into a much more positive light.

I did the whole rock and roll thing that's coming up. I think you're going to enjoy that! 'Burt Rocks' it's called. I like that he's a dreamer I like how positive he is. There's a lot of things I think I can learn from Burt.

We've certainly learned a lot of lessons from Katrina from Rita. Rita was better than Katrina. We're doing a better job planning. We're closer - more closely aligned with the Department of Defense. These things would be positive things if we were to have another attack.