A father is a thousand schoolmasters.

A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.

I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds.

A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.

Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.

When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.

True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess.

A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art.

Preparation is the be-all of good trial work. Everything else - felicity of expression, improvisational brilliance - is a satellite around the sun. Thorough preparation is that sun.

Education is not the accumulation of knowledge, but the ability to find it.

The best reply to an atheist is to give him a good dinner and ask him if he believes there is a cook.

Peter Wessel and Peter Van Daan have grown into one Peter, who is beloved and good, and for whom I long desperately.

I'll just sit at the piano a lot an play like through different chord exercises and kind of just throwing my hands down on the piano from one chord to the next to see what happens.

I felt like my pregnancy was a sacred moment for me. I stayed in Boston and I didn't work apart from the contracts I have, and then I only let them use my face.

All of them - my father, mother, step-mother, and grandmother - were all wonderful actors and performers and they are an inspiration to me, both in their craft and in their humanity.

One thing I can tell you for sure is this: we only regret what we don't do in life.

Polar Express is not an attempt to do animation. It is a technology-based film.

Whatever you're ready for is ready for you.

I have never been able to see how a thirty-year old moron can vote more wisely than a fifteen-year old genius.

The sea was angry that day my friend, like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli.

It's not always easy growing up in an inner-city area, but in my music I want to show people that you can turn it into something positive.