Dost thou know what a hero is? Why, a hero is as much as one should say, a hero.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

He always accuses me of trying to look'cool', I was like, 'everybody tries to look cool, I just happen to be successful.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

Your body is not who you are. The mind and spirit transcend the body.

The foreign-language Oscar is something that doesn't go to the producer or the director; it goes to the country.

The finest friendships are between those who can do without each other.

If we do not know who the customer is, we do not know what quality is.

I want women -- and men -- to feel empowered by a deeper and more psychotic part of themselves. The part they're always trying desperately to hide. I want that to become something that they cherish.

Greatness finds us by obstacles in front of us. I don’t look at hurdles as obstacles blocking my path but opportunities to overcome.

There's this art form in songwriting that's incredibly difficult - to be really funny in a song and also really touching. I can't do that.

Go to bed; tired is stupid.