I find all of my performances come down to mathematics in a sense - how do you approach the problem of this character? Sometimes I crack that problem, sometimes I don't.

I think happiness is overrated. Satisfied, at peace-those would be more realistic goals.

You must lose everything in order to gain anything.

In Missouri, where I come from, we don't talk about what we do - we just do it. If we talk about it, it's seen as bragging.

I embrace the messiness of life. I find it so beautiful actually.

I would love to work in a Bollywood film as there is so much drama and colour in the films there.

Man, when I'm riding with the helmet on, I'm invisible. And people just deal with me as the guy on the bike... it gives you a chance to read 'em.

I'm probably 20 percent atheist and 80 percent agnostic. I don't think anyone really knows. You'll either find out or not when you get there, until then there's no point thinking about it.

The things you own end up owning you.

Do you know how you tell real love? It's when someone else's interest trumps your own.

Personally I like ageing. With age comes wisdom and I have said it before and I say it again, I will take wisdom over youth any day.

Ooh..I want one" - BexThey're not puppies." -Cammie

Time is often wasted by those who don't understand that time is worth more than money because when lost, money can be regained but time cannot.

Your pain made you strong. It made youpassionate and alive. It made us both who we are. -Cade

The fastest way to improve your relationships is to make others feel important in every way possible.

A samurai must remain calm at all times even in the face of danger.

I've always thought that, in a sense, the more specific and sometimes even the smaller the world of a movie is, the more universal it is.

People sometimes hold themselves back because they want to use racism as an excuse for them not being able to achieve what they want to achieve.

Forgiveness ... is the finishing of old business that allows us to experience the present, free of contamination from the past.

I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so I've been going by Yasiin since '99. At first it was just for friends and family, but now I'm declaring it openly.

Young people are the same as they always were. They are just as ignorant.