I might paraphrase Churchill and say: never have I received so much for so little.[Exemplifying humility, upon accepting the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.]

I might paraphrase Churchill and say: never have I received so much for so little.

And failure, if you want to know, Dakota, is just another opportunity to try again.

The will is the grace to win the battle of life.

Whenever he felt like giving up, plopping himself down, and dying (which was, like, every ten minutes), he reached over and took her hand, just to remember there was warmth in the world.

There is a ghost That eats handkerchiefs It keeps you company On all your travels.

If children have interests, then education happens.

An army, like a serpent, travels on its belly.

My advice to anyone is to figure out what you're good at - what it is that you love doing the most in life - and figure out a way to make a living from it.

Isn't there a danger with Tweeting, like drunk dialing? Isn't there a drunk Tweeting danger?

With the piano I'm completely in control of the gestural situation-not that I'm going to play the piece myself, but I know what's difficult, what's impossible.

Like, Jay Z has some of the sickest lyrics ever, but I would never buy his CD, just because of my age and because of his age. By the time I turn that old, I ain't gonna be doing what he's doing.