Life doesn't happen to you, it happens for you.

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me.

My soul is not contained within the limits of my body; my body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.

I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

150 people die every year from being hit by falling coconuts. Not to worry, drug makers are developing a vaccine.

Flowers don't worry about how they're going to bloom. They just open up & turn toward the light & that makes them beautiful.

I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny.

Ever since I started to get recognition I've picked out certain fans and reverse-stalked them.

Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.

Hey, Tracy you army brat, I think it’s for you!

Let your doubts & fears melt away, as you fulfill your life's destiny & goals.

An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.

Most great fortunes are built slowly. They are based on the principle of compound interest, what Albert Einstein called, "The greatest power in the universe."

Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way of sinking into your feet.

Rumi called his teacher "the friend." And that's what we need. We need friends.

Prejudices subsist in people's imagination long after they have been destroyed by their experience.

A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation.

The dirty little secret, folks, is Obama is not only for occupying Wall Street. He also wants to occupy Main Street.

I become more seasoned, it's less interesting to try and compete in the pop market.