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.

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.

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.

It's only natural for people to fall, but there are people who, even if they fall, jump right back up right away and run forward, and there are people who just keep sitting there, crying.

I'm ugly, I'm overweight, but I'm happy

Should #‎ graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that

The marginal tax rate for high income earners is going up. Small businesses are no longer enjoying some of the exemption from payroll tax. Now there will be carbon taxes.

There is nothing for you to go back and live over, or fix, or feel regret about now. Every part of your life has unfolded just right.

Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping.

My whole thing has always been as long as everybody else is going through it, I can go through it as well.

I lived on couches for something like six months. I had no home. I was totally broke. I would stay at a friend's house for two weeks, then move because I didn't want to become this permanent mooch.

Patriotism is idolatry of the self.

Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.