Give a man or woman back his self-respect, and in most cases-not all, but most-you also give back that person's ability to think with at least some clarity.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

It's only natural for people to fall, but there are people who, even if they fall, jump right back up right away and run forward, and there are people who just keep sitting there, crying.

Whether I'm being influenced by new music that I'm listening to, books I've read, my friends, or my faith, I'm learning all the time.

America is today the hope of all honorable men who respect the rights of their fellow men and who believe in the principle of freedom and justice.

To young people: you have to stay encouraged.

A world of made is not a world of born

Musicians more than most people are in the moment. That's the dual nature of that job.

The more we can purge ourselves of the diseases we create the more we can become magnificent people

The life of Liverpool is commerce; it is a city of warehouses and shops.

If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion.

I'm not a comedian. I didn't study sketch comedy; my background isn't that.