And, you know, I don’t want to have to worry that she is going to get sick as the consequence of having, having her lunch.

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.

When it comes to love and loss, acceptance is never easy. We can't make someone see all we have to give, make them love us, or make them change. All we can do is move on and stop wasting time.

I drew the duck blue because I've never seen a blue duck before and, to be honest with you I wanted to see a blue duck.

When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.

I'm basically a computer science nerd.

Never, ever underestimate your readers. Everything you do registers.

My mother is Greek and my father is Bulgarian. I am a first-generation American and native Los Angeleno. I was born and raised in Hollywood.

Empires fall, ids explode, great symphonies are written, and behind all of it is a single instinct that demands satisfaction.

The sunlights differ, but there is only one darkness.

Strikes deeper, grows with more pernicious root.