Children want one thing at a time, and want that one thing passionately.

Anyone who pretends not to be interested in money is either a fool or a knave.

if you cannot get what you want, common sense suggests that you should put your mind to wanting what you can get.

Things you can't understand are always the hardest to bear. To know why is the first step to consolation.

there are virtues which are very well in the abstract, but which, encountered in the flesh, can be a source of extreme irritation.

Take things as they come. Take things as they are. What does it matter? There's one end to everything.

When you've just made the most complete fool of yourself, you feel the need of a specially high horse to ride.

Any road is bound to arrive somewhere if you follow it far enough

A lie that is half a truth is ever the hardest to fight.

One cannot withdraw from the life of the community. Injury to one member of it cannot fail to be the concern of all.

Nobody likes to be accused of a virtue.

By the power of God, everything came into existence.

Never compare your love life from what you read or watched in a movie. Those are carefully thought about, yours on the good will of fate

It wasn't the same. I'm pretty good at making the best of things, but it wasn't the same.

I think acting is revealing to people what it means to be human.

My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would choose to believe.

Dave put a lot of thought into picking out the books his dad would like least.

Life is the most exciting opportunity we have.

I remember from when I use to be a dancer, there is an expression among dancers, I had a T-shirt that said: SHUT UP AND DANCE.

If I could pick my wife by name, It'd be Whitney. That name just sounds right

I've suffered from pretty dark depressing times, and it's probably - not probably - it is the reason why I chose to lead a healthy lifestyle.