How often it is that we set ourselves in the high seat, judging others, not having read their book but merely having glimpsed the cover.

Nothing in this world compares to the comfort and security of having someone just hold your hand.

A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination.

One way or another, I think we are all destined to learn the same lessons in life. Universal truths are universal truths. They cannot be changed.

Statistics, likelihoods, and probabilities mean everything to men, nothing to God.

Just pick a goal and stick to it―no big complicated secret.

Life isn't all grand, but it isn't all miserable either.  There's both sweet and sour in every day.  So why focus on the ugly when you can gaze at what's beautiful?  Concentrate on the good.

You will realize one day that all the money in the world cannot buy you happiness. Nor can it make you a person of good character.

What you perceive as a failure today may actually be a crucial step towards the success you seek. Never give up.

No matter how loud the sirens or how numerous the hazard signs, we all touch the flames at least once to prove they're hot.

World peace, true love, and happily-ever-afters amount to wasted wishes, failed endeavors, and most precious dreams.

I didn't want any degrees if all the ill-read literates and radio announcers and pedagogical dummies I knew had them by the peck.

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

I don't like painting flowers in my music. I like painting guts and pain.

I use so much of myself in everything I do. I think every actor does because you have no one else to go to but yourself and your own imagination.

Who doesn't desire his fathers death?

I don't mind not being cool; I wear a cardigan.

And I say to my heart: rave on.

What keeps me motivated is not the food itself but all the bonds and memories the food represents.

I am a person who is inclined to define relations between individuals based on principles.

In the numbing hands of pretentious filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, history does not repeat itself in any way whatsoever.