MOTHER TIME: The past is always with us, dear, for better or worse. It is what it is and you can't change it. All you can do is learn how to live with it in the present.

MOTHER TIME: We all get the exact same 365 days. The only difference is what we do with them.

DOSTIE: Let's be honest here. People? Sometimes they suck. But kids, well, they're like a new snowfall, you know?

NOEL: You can get excited about the future. The past won't mind.

MURRY: I believe in a lot of things. Santa Claus, magic, vampires, and even ghosts but I don't believe in luck. Good or bad.

MURRY: Resolutions are a complete waste of time. They're just this meaningless ritual, empty promises we make and break within hours of each other.

Imagine a brilliant rose of pure love in your heart. Next, see a twinkling flower within the hearts of all you meet.

Everything was bright and white, even in the night.

Problems are just businesses waiting for the right entrepreneur to unlock the value.

Harper to your word be trueHolder, crafter you also hewTo honesty, integrity, and respectAll others without regard to intellect

The preternatural solemnity of a good many of the professionally religious is to me a point against them.

What you do matters — but not much. What you are matters tremendously.

To my knowledge, there is no blacklist. But there is a mindset, even among liberal producers, that says 'He may be difficult so let's avoid him.'

Because others have let us down, it is now our duty to face the hard truths and do the right thing--no matter the personal cost.

I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say I also wanted to make a mark. It wasn't until I was about 15 that I appeared in a race.

I'm very fast. I'm like Forest Gump, except ... I am not an idiot!