Anger is a more noble emotion than indifference.

You should quit trying only after two conditions have been met: 1.) You've given yourself a legitimate shot. 2.) Trying is no longer fun.

My lousy way of getting it done is better than your great way of not doing it.

Self-esteem is the prize awarded by you to you for playing by your own rules - in which case, you'd think it would be easier to come by.

You are an adult when, faced with important decisions, you choose to have more faith in yourself than anything else.

The resolve to diet is most easily summoned on a full stomach.

Success is less rare than the courage to attempt it.

How do we not rue the many unchosen paths in life? A blessed lack of imagination. There are enough real glories along any path to swamp our meager ability to picture alternatives.

Talent is truth on display.

Personal happiness is so important, most choose to let someone else take care of it.

A fool harvests his opinions in the spring.

They don’t have classes on bravery in middle school. If they did I’d have signed up. It would have been helpful to learn how to stare down what I feared most and not blink.

The Americans are our best friends - whether we like it or not.

Earlier this year I had my hair feng-shuied.

I did a different production with a different director and Bill Pullman. Oleanna­ - the one you saw - we were doing right after Bourne Identity or right after it came out.

I wanted to compete at the highest level again - and that's the NBA.

Spock is definitely one of my best friends. When I put on those ears, it's not like just another day. When I become Spock, that day becomes something special.

The life of sense begins by assuming that we can only fitfully live the life of reason.

The world is a living being - one nature, one soul. Keep that in mind.

Don’t buy luxuries until you’ve built the assets to afford them