I remember from my father's funeral that the minister kept using a metaphor about life of a prism. And I took that away like a cherished image.

What you are will show, ultimately. Start now, every day, becoming, in your actions, your regular actions, what you would like to become in the bigger scheme of things.

I'm interested when things are upside down - because there are so many possibilities in that one moment. There is a lot that is exposed.

Identity is an assemblage of constellations.

We spend so much time bantering about the words when the real open conversations might very well be our actions. I worry about our rhetoric.

You can't teach talent. You can't teach inspiration. You can teach people critical facilities. You can give them techniques. You can teach discipline. And you can teach them about the business.

Each person has a literature inside them.

Hope is when you look out the window and you go, 'It doesn't look good at all, but I'm going to go beyond what I see to give people visions of what could be.'

Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.

Be more than ready. Be present in your discipline. Remember your gift. Be grateful for your gift and treat it like a gift. Cherish it, take care of it, and pass it on.

You've heard that old expression from Shakespeare, 'Just speak the speech'? The words themselves will take you to the reality of the character. And so this led me to interview people.

When its back's against the wall, even positivity will come out fighting!

Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.

Dublin is one of my favourite cities. It's an absolutely amazing place.

Philosophy - hopeless. Yet it gives me hope.

The latest I like to be to meeting is 15 minutes early

Education is not a race, with winners and losers. It's not a commodity to be bought and sold.

Next up [new TV stars] was [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis on 'The Colgate Comedy Hour.'

If you start a chocolate company, you can't compete with Cadbury in the first ten years because they are a big company.

Those who are skilled in combat do notbecome angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.