If an individual agrees with everybody, he lacks conviction; if he likes everybody and is everybody's friend, he is indifferent to one and all.

It was not in me It came and wentI wanted to hold it It was held by wine(I no longer know what it was)

I'm constantly amazed by the ability a child has to show sympathy, to read emotions, to get to the heart of any situation. It's unfiltered and completely inspiring.

I was never encouraged to do it and I played the accordion, which I hated. I wish I had taken piano because I definitely would have written more songs of my own, but I didn't.

I keep a notebook in my pocket, and I write down all the stuff we could ever do with Foursquare.

I endeavored to renounce society, that I might avoid temptation. But it was a poor religion; so far as it prevailed, only tended to make me gloomy, stupid, unsociable, and useless.

Hope is not a dream but a way of bringing things into reality.

A happy life, a life making full use of all our potential is and must be a balanced life. The obstacles to it are mainly illusory; most of our limitations are self-imposed.

Being consistent is way less interesting than being yourself. And if you're not interesting? Good luck with your Big Consistency Project.

Courage is simply doing whatever is needed in pursuit of the vision

There are conservatives in Hollywood who make good movies. They just don't make conservative movies because that's not what gets funded.