Anyone of us can be a rainbow in somebody's clouds. I want the University of Cincinnati to be a rainbow in the clouds. The University of Cincinnati is really a possibility of hope; it is a rainbow.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

She complains that I'm lazy, but I just like to save my energy for dinner.

Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.

Life is good, life is great. Always love and never hate. Break the rules, stand apart. Ignore your head and follow your heart.

I like directors that give their composer a juicy role in their films. Some films have a small, minor role for music, some have a larger role.

An unhappy life is a life not lived.

You have to work hard, in order to get anything done.

Changing from the ghosts of faith to the spectres of reason is just changing cells.

I'm a tech geek. Whenever I read about something new, I think to myself, How can I take this and make it black?

I don't really care what people think, ... I just do my own thing. ... I like being loud and letting people know I'm there.