Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other, and a little more loving, have a little more empathy, and maybe we'd like each other a little bit more.

Birds fly over the rainbow. Why then, oh, why can't I?

Behind every cloud is another cloud.

The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.

We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.

I've always taken 'The Wizard of Oz' very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I've spent my entire life trying to get over it.

I can live without money, but I cannot live without love.

Violence is rather a strange phenomenon that can be compared to fire, once out of control it’s loyal to no one, not even to the person who started it.

I just have to practice hard, get better, and go out there and win impressively - that's all it comes down to.

If I'm stuck, I get up from my chair and I wash windows. Or... clean the bathroom. Or vacuum the attic. There's always something to be done.

People came to the All-Star Game to see the dunk contest.

From SpongeBob to Finding Nemo ... I'm still trying to decide which one I like more.

Reading will give you lasting pleasure.

I think things are gonna change. I'm gonna take the age limit off of hip hop.

I don't talk things, sir. I talk the meaning of things.

A peaceful worldIs an immediate, utter and absoluteNecessity.

Sadly, we do a much better job of making people feel guilty than we do of delivering them from the guilt we create. We need to confess this and change our ways.