Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half - especially if he has a teenage daughter.

Enjoy yourself -it's later than you think.

The sweetest music this side of heaven.

When I go, I'll take New Year's Eve with me.

Knowing is important, but understanding is essential for wisdom.

What happened? How did I get here? How could I have known that my choices mattered?

The most notable fact that culture imprints on women is the sense of our limits. The most important thing one woman can do for another is to illuminate and expand her sense of actual possibilities.

There's a very go-to kind of attitude in New Zealand that stems from that psyche of being quite isolated and not being able to rely on the rest of the world's infrastructure.

Unless you are prepared to give up something valuable you will never be able to truly change at all, because you'll be forever in the control of things you can't give up.

Motivating people- the ingredient that separates winners from losers.

Mainly, I thought of Barney Fife as a kid. You can always look into the faces of kids and see what they're thinking, if they're happy or sad. That's what I tried to do with Barney.

Arbitrary power is but the first natural step from anarchy, or the savage life.

There really isn't a recovery, and no signs of it on the horizon, because people have to pay the banks. It's a vicious circle - or rather, a downward spiral.

Try to look for weaknesses in your thinking.