I would not cry. I do not cry. How bitter do you risk becoming by swallowing too many tears?

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

The whisper of the dusk is night shedding its husk.

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

The density of your destiny is the product of the mass of your visions and the volume your impacts occupy!

Failure is an opportunity to reflect and realize.

Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great.

It was going all wrong at my college interview until I nonchalantly asked "Do you need any large donations for new buildings?"

The person I liked the best was Gerald R. Ford. He was the most decent man in politics I ever had any relationships with.

We see time's furrows on another's brow, And death intrench'd, preparing his assault; How few themselves in that just mirror see!

It is the lash of hunger which compels the poor man to submit. In order to live he must sell - 'voluntarily' sell - himself every day and hour to the 'beast of property.'

Love doesn't please itself by seeking revenge. Love sacrifices itself for the good of others.

The best evidence of our having the truth is our walking in the truth.

I've worked in animation for a long time. I started in Spain and I wanted to make feature films. That desire to figure out how to make animated features brought me to the U.S. to work for Disney.