I'm never so sure as I was in my mid-20s.

The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.

What makes you different or weird, that's your strength.

The minute you start caring about what other people think, is the minute you stop being yourself.

It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.

It's amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly and authoritatively demand it.

I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world.

You have to embrace getting older. Life is precious, and when you've lost a lot of people, you realize each day is a gift.

Everything we say signifies; everything counts, that we put out into the world. It impacts on kids, it impacts on the zeitgeist of the time.

That is the simple secret. Always take your heart to work.

My father always said that too many words cheapened the value of a man's speech.

Today I am the happiest man in the world, my son was born and thanks to God for this gift.

My brother and I have too good a relationship to spoil it by working together.

The mind left to itself creates monstrosities, and not only in art galleries. Look at our urban landscapes and industrial wastelands. No civilization has ever produced so much ugliness.

Geeks are the coolest people.

Canada kills any conversation quick, I learned long ago. It's a little trick of mine.

Proust's tea cake has nothing on one hour in a college dorm.

I hope we can all overcome any differences of culture, race, and language.

Fear may fill our world, but it doesn’t have to fill our hearts.

In terms of the Patriot Act, and all the other things he has pledged he would do, such as transparency in government,[Barack] Obama has reneged on his promises.