Keats longed for fame, but longed above all to deserve it.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

I am officially a member of The New Breed!

In order to ask with real intent or to act with full purpose of heart, we must always make an accompanying commitment.

Nickelback walks into a bar...there's no punchline because ruining music isn't funny.

My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful

The worst that a man can do to himself is to do injustice to others.

I feel worn down as a human being who has to constantly justify their existence to other human beings because I'm a minority

I tried to be a boy, I tried to be a girl, I tried to be a mess.

I do think comedy needs to be a living thing, but I think without a great script and fully realized characters, you cannot keep it living. Otherwise it just becomes long and rambling indulgent.

You will find that if you really try to be a father, your child will meet you halfway.