It is better to enlighten men’s minds than to teach them to be obstinate in their prejudices.

How I should despise such a thing if I were a man. What a nose she has! what a chin! what a neck! Then her eyes--and the worst kissing lips in the universe.

One of the greatest gifts to give our friends and others is a prayer.

When negative feelings move upon you, reflect, and recognize the danger of feeding those feelings and keeping them alive.

When you're a kid all you want to do is be somewhere else.

She glanced outside at the sky, filled with clouds and smog. All the pollution, all that hell—even the stars didn’t stand a chance.

I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens.

First of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart; make me tremble, weep, shudder; outrage me; delight my eyes afterwards if you can.

It wasn't until The Sixth Sense that people started saying, wow, man, you're an actor. People didn't think of me as the guy in a band anymore.

My mom was really vigorous about making sure that we saw things and that we questioned things. Education was so important to both of my parents.

You know, if Michael Jordan can scream at the refs, me as Kanye West, as the Michael Jordan of music, can go and say, 'This is wrong.'