In accepting the Gift you Honor the Giver

It is wrong to ask for more than you give freely. In this way, we come to resemble what we hate.

I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse.

Despair and bitterness are not the only songs in the world

This you have to understand. There's only one way to hurt a man who's lost everything. Give him back something broken.

I may not yet be as old as dirt, but dirt and I are starting to have an awful lot in common.

Whatever the explanation, it's perfectly obvious that our educational system has nothing to do with education: it's a babysitting service designed to replicate the worst qualities of the parents.

It is the responsibility of the living to make meaningful the sacrifices of the dead.

"And you require no answers", Foamfollower was laughing in his gladness, "You are sufficient to every question".

We need metaphors of magic and monsters in order to understand the human condition.

Any belief that puts itself beyond doubt nurtures its own collapse.

Wearing a tuxedo isn't as simple as it sounds. I've been to a lot of award shows in Hollywood over the years and have seen some pretty sad tuxes. It's surprisingly easy to go off the rails.

I do the same thing everyday. I go to work and paint. I try to turn out as many pictures as I can.

More and more Americans are asking about the price that we have to pay when Wal-Mart comes into a community, treats workers poorly, violates immigration laws and squashes small businesses.

You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut.

I think my whole living in vain involves me. I know that the biggest help for me is to help someone else in so many different ways.

I wanted to experience New York, to look up and see buildings.

What the ocean was to the child, the Periodic Table is to the chemist.

Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't walk and chew gum at the same time.... He's a nice fellow, but he spent too much time playing football without a helmet.

Simply, I believe the United States should lower the voting age to 17.

I'm a sucker for pop melodies, things you can't get out of your head.