For most of the projects I've worked on, I've been entrusted with some degree of musical responsibility, even if it's just like coaching for vocals and stuff.

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

Reality whistles a different tune underwater.

The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.

If you talk about it, it's a dream, if you envision it, it's possible, but if you schedule it, it's real.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.

Before the deed comes the thought. Before the achievement comes the dream. Every mountain we climb, we first climb in our mind.

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

The only thing keeping you from what you want is your story about why you can't have it.

Our task is to widen our circle of compassion to include all living beings and all of nature

I think any time you're in a new relationship, there's so much to look forward to.

But you shall not escape my iambics.

Knowing that I'm not a model and I'm never going to be has relieved me of the pressure of looking good. If you don't establish yourself as McDreamy then you don't have to live up to it.

Don't it make my brown eyes blue?

If you don't leap, you'll never know what it's like to fly.

A good executive is one who makes people contentedly settle for less than they meant to get, in return for more than they meant to give.

I have stood your meanness as long as I intend to. You have played the part of a damn scoundrel, and if you were any part of a man I would slap your jaws and force you to resent it.

Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny.

I always remind people from outside our state that there’s plenty of room for all Alaska’s animals — right next to the mashed potatoes.