And there’s been drift in Afghanistan over the last couple of years. That’s something that we intend to fix this.

You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world.

When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk.

Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.

Change is never easy, but always possible.

Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.

Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.

Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

If somebody is different from you, that's not something you criticize, that's something that you appreciate.

The first thing you should know is that soulmates are real. They are not just some romantic idea. We are made for one person and one person alone.

If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu.

We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way.

The moment you place a label on someone, you begin to treat him or her accordingly.

We all carry our mothers inside us.

Tears hinder sorrow from becoming despair.

There is really not that much improvisation in my films. There is an acceptance of a chance.

Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they should not be confused.

All too often, we do smart things only after exhausting every conceivable dumb thing we could have done.

I would love to play Simon Cowell in a movie - heck, I would love it. It would be my dream role.