I remember saying, very almost jokingly, I'm going to take over the world through television, that's my plan. And I said it to my agent, and I said it to my friends, and I said it to myself.

You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.

The best stories are often true...The narrative of human life is most beautiful when told truthfully and without boundaries.

Perfect is boring and dreams are not real. Just... do. So you think, "I wish I could travel." Great. Sell your crappy car, buy a ticket to Bangkok, and go. Right now. I'm serious.

I think a lot of people dream. And while they are busy dreaming, the really happy people, the really successful people, the really interesting, engaged, powerful people, are busy doing.

The only limit to success is your own imagination.

The expected is what keeps us steady. It's the unexpected that changes our lives forever.

Cynicism is a choice. Optimism is a better choice.

Nobody got anything great by playing it safe.

Ditch the dream and be a doer.

Boundaries don't keep other people out, they fence you in.

Why is a carrot more orange than an orange?

I don’t need the facts. I’m a Pisces.

When I read something by someone... I like to dive in his world as much as possible.

Fanaticism is just one step away from barbarism.

[On Elizabeth Barrett Browning:] ... for finish, and melody of versification, there is nothing approaching to Miss Barrett in this day, or in any other - also for diction. Her words paint.

Though liberals have portrayed themselves throughout the past several decades as champions of the homeless, they are actually guilty of having created and perpetuated their condition.

A casual attitude toward human hurt and pain is the surest sign of educational failure.

There's no question that jihad historically means war.

I can't stand any music that requires its singers to be so dumb they wear their baseball caps backwards.

You gotta climb the steps... you can't skip them