An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it.

Writing well means never having to say, 'I guess you had to be there.'

If time flies when you're having fun, it hits the afterburners when you don't think you're having enough.

Mach-5, the speed at which stress can't keep up, is simply forward motion. But it has to be self- propelled. Note that people in cars are still stressed.

Do what you love, love what you do, leave the world a better place and don't pick your nose.

Live up to other people's best attributes, not down to their worst.

Somehow reading a book never feels like sitting still.

Writing well means never having to say, "I guess you had to be there.

Some who grow dull religious straight commenceAnd gain in morals what they lose in sense.

Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.

We are lazier in our minds than in our bodies.

My quest these days is to find my long lost inner child, but I'm afraid if I do, I'll end up with food in my hair and way too in love with the cats.

Let's not go and ruin it by thinking too much.

I was tired of playing the goodie-two-shoes.

You learn in life that a lot of things are the result of effort, but some things, in terms of scale, are random.

I'm not one of those actors who asks for too many favours. So when I do, people tend to listen.

They felt, in fact, tremendously bucked-up, which was how Lady Ramkin would almost certainly have put it and which was definitely several letters of the alphabet away from how they normally felt.

I don't judge my self-worth as a football player. Football is something I love. It's a fun career deal, but it's not what I want to do with my life, because I see football as a game.