I never get afraid of things. I only get excited.

Every villain is a hero in his own mind.

Well, I think there are no villains in this world. There are just misunderstood heroes.

You never know what's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed a mountain.

Haters never win. I just think that's true about life, because negative energy always costs in the end.

Make love, not war. Unless you’re Loki, in which case: do what you want.

We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize that we only have one

Tony Stark in 'Iron Man' helped wider audiences finally embrace the enormous talent of Robert Downey Jr.

Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the cynics wrong. Pity them for they have no imagination. The sky's the limit. Your sky. Your limit. Now. Let's dance.

Don’t judge people on who they used to be. Allow them to be who they are now.

I think everyone should pursue their dreams. Whether you want to play football, act, sing, become a writer or whatever you have burning inside you as you’re growing up, you should pursue it.

Body and spirit, I surrendered whole, To harsh Instructors- and received a soul.

Hunger and necessity are poor teachers of morality. A society that cannot provide the basics of life does not get its laws obeyed.

One is far better off feeling than one is thinking.

I had a lot of what they call turntable hits. A lot of them.

For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page.

Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it.

Baby, high school's over. High school's never over.

The humanitarian argument is so selective I find it difficult to swallow. It's not even so much about the choice as to where we should get involved and where we shouldn't.

I think that love isn't what you think it is when you're in your twenties or even thirties.

Trust in the power of Christ’s Cross! Receive his reconciling grace and share it!