I want to try making things right because picking up the pieces is way better than leaving them the way they are.

But wishes are only granted in fairy tales.

One of the things that makes me who I am is the loyalty I have to people I hold close to my heart.

You are the one girl that made me risk eveything for a future worth having.

Thoughts of being a pirate and stealing her away to my ship race across my mind. Although I’m not a pirate, and she’s not my captured princess.

I'm ready for something private, private and real

Makin' mistakes ain't a crime, you know. What's the use of having a reputation if you can't ruin it every now and then?

When she wraps her arms around my neck, all I want to do is protect this girl for the rest of my life.

I realise it’s going to happen. This girl of my dreams, this girl who is more like me than anyone I’ve ever met, wants to kiss me.

The urge to jump into his arms and feel the warmth of them surrounding me is so powerful, I wonder if it's medically possible to be addicted to another human being.

This connection we have isn't going away, it's only getting stronger. Because the more I spend time with her, the closer I want to be.

Commit to excellence, whatever you do. It will bring joy, happiness, and success for you.

No matter where you are involved with, your increase must have a purpose

In a capitalist society there are always inequalities of class and wealth. People who inherit money and property will always see themselves as being superior to those who have to work for it.

But I did not want to be good. I wanted to be a writer.

The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Yes more than enthusiasm I would say excitement. I like to see men get excited. When they get excited they make a success of their lives.

This social-networking thing takes you to crazy places.

To be sorry and glad together is to be perceptive to the richness of life.

For there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence.

The natural tendency of government, once in charge of money, is to inflate and to destroy the value of the currency.

If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You're dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.