[Addiction's] not about placating the bad dog - it's about feeding the good dog. You still have to feed the bad dog, but only enough so that the ASPCA doesn't bring you up on charges.

Remember that just because you hit bottom doesn't mean you have to stay there.

Listen, smile, agree, then do whatever you were going to do anyway.

People never change because they are under threat or under duress. Never. They change because they see something that makes their life seem valuable enough to start moving toward a life worth living.

People rise out of the ashes because, at some point, they are invested with a belief in the possibility of triumph over seemingly impossible odds.

I don't need an Iron Man suit. I'm already a weapon of mass seduction.

I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.

I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb.

I just think it's good to be confident. If I'm not on my team why should anybody else be?

I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.

The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.

Simply giving something ‘a shot’ is not giving something our ‘best, ’ for our best is made up of as many ‘shots’ as it takes in order to be our best.

But what doesn’t die is the love we give to others. There is no end to that.

I go to the gym at five in the morning and then go do a hike.

Be more interested in people's character, than their contributions.

Principles are what people have instead of God.

I think the Women's movement has had a major impact on everybody's lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.

On the other hand when you are someone who records their own songs you are basically stuck writing for one voice and for one style that can stifle you a bit. It's a real trade off.

It's an interesting thing when you discover something about yourself. To go: 'Wow, I'm not the person I thought I was. I'm in the middle of something and I can't actually deal with it.'

Being a successful trader also takes courage: the courage to try, the courage to fail, the courage to succeed, and the courage to keep on going when the going gets tough.

They aren't making mirrors like they use to.