I never doubted at all. If you ever doubt then you are in trouble. I never thought: 'I should do this or that in case I don't make it.' I never had a back-up plan.

I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift.

Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane.

Stay true to your brand and true to your voice and audiences will respond to that authenticity with enthusiasm and passion.

People have different reasons for the way they live their lives. You cannot put everyone's reasons in the same box.

The only thing worse than a loser is someone who won't admit he played badly.

You have to always be ready, always be alive, and always be willing to move in a new direction.

I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman.

Mediocrity is the elephant in the room.

We're all victims of our own hubris at times.

I think you need the failures to get the success. You learn more from that.

God wants all man's attention, thoughts and focus to be on Him.

World is full of lost lives, full of unfortunate souls ruined in the name of unreasonable religious rules!

The greatest gift that you can give to others is kindness.

I want you to take note, Commander, that turning in my badge would be like cutting off my arm. But if it comes down to a choice between the job and my marriage, then I lose the arm.

He who is honest in his dealings simply because of the social prestige and position it secures will never develop his higher nature, but will always live along the lower lines.

I think it was in my second week that I auditioned for Battlestar. I was very "Oh gosh, I want to be in television, I want to be in something, but I don't know if I want to be in this."

The excellence of every Art is its intensity.

I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important.

Ohio does have an energy industry, but we're diversified. We're one of the fastest growing states in the country. We came back from the dead.

Women must become revolutionary. This cannot be evolution but revolution.