A star never loses its shine, not even in the dark.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

Women are clear-headed, they are more creative and for this reason, sometimes, also more fragile.

I bake my daughter cupcakes for her school. I'm very hands-on.

We act like a zero-sum society, when in reality there is a lot of non zero-sum fat to be skimmed off to everyone's mutual advantage.

I'm a comic because I don't want to do the nine-to-five, I have to modify that and say I'm a comic because I have an inability to do a nine-to-five.

Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses because we were born this way.

I like the X-Men, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it.

We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.

I believe only a free society can ever be truly secure. The goal should be to make terrorists feel threatened, not the American people.

My style of leadership is to lead with the lightest touch that I possibly can.

When I figured out how to work my grill, it was quite a moment. I discovered that summer is a completely different experience when you know how to grill.