I wasn't going to get such a nice car - I was going to get a cute little hybrid or something, keep the trees happy - but then my grandfather died, and it was all: retail therapy!

People are not born heroes or villains; they’re created by the people around them.

A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.

When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.

If you truly own who you are, no one can use you against you.

I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me up with a cowboy hat and we'd go to the rodeo when I was younger and it traumatized me for life.

You can't shy away from your greatness just because you're afraid you're not great enough

Even in the worst of situations-even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as you have hope, everthing can get better

Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.

To Grandma: Once upon a time, there was a boy who flew.

You don’t get to pick where you’re from, but you always have control of where you’re going.

I don't say Valancy deliberately murdered these lovers as she outgrew them. One simply faded away as another came. Things are very convenient in this respect in Blue Castles.

...You, you look -- bien -- exactly what you were, a high-ranking British officer, used to unwavering obedience and with the air of a Greek god, gazing down on us mere mortals.

I first got into acting when I was about 12. I started doing speech and drama lessons. All my friends were doing it at the time and my dad encouraged it. He encouraged any extracurricular activity.

Barack Obama would not be President if he were dark skin. You know what I mean? That's just the truth. I might not be as successful as I am now if I was dark skin.

Pride deafens us to the advice or warnings of those around us.

I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ

The so-called co-efficient of heritability, which I regard as one of those unfortunate short-cuts, which have often emerged in biometry for lack of a more thorough analysis of the data.

Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.

In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I'm always going to feel everything. It's my nature.

Every action or inaction has an impact-good or bad-upon our surroundings, and anything we do today will have an impact on the lives of our grandchildren.