I've always been hopeless at everything when I was a kid. That's why I became an actor - 'cause I couldn't do anything else.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.

We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap.

Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities.

No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.

A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

I don't believe in nepotism. I don't much like the idea of parents who interfere.

Relish everything that's inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life.

The whole point of courage, to overcome your fear. That's the interesting thing, when courage bleeds through the fear.

I always liked to take the plunge, you know, I'd jump in at the deep end and hope that I'd find land somehow, or hope I'd float or survive. That's more or less the way I've gone through my life.

You're not more than one generation from poor white trash, are you, Agent Starling?

There's so many different worlds, so many different suns. And we have just one world, but we live in different ones.

Grasp the simplicity and power of no excuses and you have guaranteed success.

You are the creator of your thoughts, thoughts create your actions, and actions create you.

At a hundred and twenty five miles per hour, with the wind rushing in his face, darkness around him, he is alone in the universe, but then, Zeb has been alone all his life.

What is it, then, that comprises our deepest selves and gives us worth?

Ahenny (adj.) - The way people stand when examining other people's bookshelves.

If you can express yourself so as to be perfectly understood in ten words, never use a dozen.

Let one state in the U.S. be free of government and overnight you would have an economic powerhouse.

As long as I do not take myself too seriously I should not be too badly off.

No can do. Wren stays here. (Dev) Not what I was told. (Varyk) Well, I just told you. (Dev)