I don’t care if I get one at all. Just as long as I keep getting anniversaries.

I want you to have big dreams, big goals. I want you to strive to achieve them. But I don't want to see you beating yourself up every time you make a mistake.

when times are tough, the weak bail and the tough get creative.

Wow. The guy can make me feel stupid even when he's telling me I don't have to let him make me feel stupid.

The rottweiler stood his ground and waited for me to take the next step in the dance of ritualized intimidation. Instead, I leaped at him. Screw ritual. Now was not the time to stand on ceremony.

Kids who don't eavesdrop on adult conversations are doomed to a childhood of ignorance.

Remembering. Forgetting. I'm not sure which is worse.

A name is so important. A surname connects you to your past, to your family. Even a given name has meaning - why did your parents pick that particular one?

First you buy me a mocha. Then you let me help you hide a body. Now you take me to a biker clubhouse. Best. Day. Ever.

He was trying to tell me something.' Derek snorted. 'Aren’t they all? Must be a rule in the ghost handbook—if in danger of evaporating, make sure you’re in the middle of a dire pronouncement.

I grew up writing about the paranormal, and I blame too many Saturday mornings watching Scooby Doo.

If a script has that affect on me during a reading, then it is definitely a film I want to be part of.

Actually," said Jace, "I prefer to think that I'm a liar in a way that's uniquely my own.

The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.

As president, I will keep you and our country safe, secure, and free.

I find it funny because people complain about Brooklyn becoming too hip, but would they prefer stock brokers or gunfights or something?

I'm able to sign my name to the paintings. That is really a blessing.

The average attention span of the modern human being is about half as long as whatever youre trying to tell them.

How slight a chance may raise or sink a soul!

As soon as I see period costume, I turn off. It's like hearing drama on Radio 4.

Ibrahim tells his story without a grain of complaint, and this was true for all of the band members. This is very much part of the Cuban spirit and soul.