At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design.

If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.

The attitude you have as a parent is what your kids will learn from more than what you tell them. They don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.

Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It's a good life, enjoy it.

The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children.

When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there.

I believe that we form our own lives, that we create our own reality, and that everything works out for the best.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.

[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.

When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with puppets or had any interest in them.

The collector walks with blinders on

Never blame a woman when you can't handle her!

Instead of trying to be taller than others, stronger than others, more superior to others, try to be gentler than others, more compassionate than others, fairer than others!

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent.

One cannot permit unique opportunities to slip by for the sake of trifles.

I don't like the idea of the black race being diluted out of existence. I like the idea of all of us being here.

Going so soon? I wouldn't hear of it. Why my little party's just beginning. ~ Wicked Witch of the West Wizard of Oz

I don't like ephemeral things; I like things that last forever

Aces are larger than life and greater than mountains.

A battering ram can knock down a city wall, but it cannot stop a hole. Different things have different uses.