An alibi is a reason with a bad reputation.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.

My journey to the land of the Shuar tribe had taught me the importance of practical gifts.

It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available.

You have to pinpoint the market, and if you don't pinpoint the market, you won't be successful.

When are we going to realize that hating other women - no matter how much money they have or how far they've fallen - is just as bad for ourselves as it is for anyone else?

If you're going to be lucky you've got to think lucky.

The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.

You cannot be afraid, Read the book. Smile at it. It's a great book-the greatest book you've ever read.

There is solemn satisfaction in doing the best you can for eight billion people. Perhaps their lives have no cosmic significance, but they have feelings. They can hurt.

If you don't find a way to do something as work that is fulfilling and enjoyable, then your life is going to be really sad.

I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy.