If there was an abundance of misery in the world, there was also sufficient joy, yes - as long as one knew where to look for it.

Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.

The whole quilt is much more important than any single square.

...you have to use your failures as stepping stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair. In the end it’s all a question of balance.

World can be a bewildering place,and dreams and ambitions are often paths to the most pernicious of traps

...the face has limited space. My mother used to say, if you fill your face with laughing, there will be no more room for crying.

Money can buy the necessary police order. Justice is sold to the highest bidder

In the end, it’s all a question of balance.

So we tell the same story, over and over. Just the details are different

Time had changed the magical to mundane

Distance was a dangerous thing, she knew. Distance changed people.

The Moon is the light of the night.

ANDREW: But do you think there’s a line? You know, where you discourage the next Charlie Parker from becoming Charlie Parker?FLETCHER: No. Because the next Charlie Parker would never be discouraged.

I was born the same year the greatest automobile in the history of automobiles was created, the 1957 Chevrolet. Thank God only one of us had tail fins.

But what can a decent man speak of with most pleasure? Answer: Of himself. Well, so I will talk about myself.

The value of actions lies in their timing.

Leaders don't ever "arrive." If we ever think we're done, we are done!

I never had that many friends growing up so I learned to be okay with just me.

Every human being has the potential for greatness.

Doing as others told me, I was Blind. Coming when others called me, I was Lost. Then I left everyone, myself as well. Then I found Everyone, Myself as well.

What are you doing son, you're gonna drive yourself insane. You'll never find the sunshine, when you're following the rain.