I value this delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow.

Great minds have purposes others have wishes.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.

There are only two reasons to farm: because you have to, and because you love to. The ones who choose to farm choose for love.

Enjoy your life, the time you have now, because time cannot be found only lost.

Someday, my young friend, you'll find out that girls are actually people too. Just like you and me.

People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.

I would prefer to tell a young player what to do than how to do it.

I can understand the poor and stupid voting for Marxism or one of its fashionable variants. If you've no hope of being other than a slave, you may as well opt for the most efficient form of slavery.

I think that people get experiences, and out of those experiences come meaning and ideas. It's like watching a rose bush grow.

Good nature is stronger than tomahawks.

If it takes a bloodbath now let's get it over with.

In the case of Wilderpeople, I walked on the first day with some apprehension actually; because it doesn't come anywhere close to anything I've really played before, this part.