Marriage is a mystery, and part of it is just being kind to each other, not being selfish.

Marriage isn't a carnival ride.

I don't believe in superheroes but I love Batman movies. There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.

On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors.

Nothing really worth having is easy to get. The hard-fought battles, the goals won with sacrifice, are the ones that matter.

Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.

Karaoke is the great equalizer.

You can only really learn from failure ... To win, you need to fail, and fail hard.

My parents were vegetarians. I'd show up at school, this giant black kid, with none of the cool clothes and a tofu sandwich and celery sticks.

Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.

I don't want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.

When I was born I was loved and feared, people played with me but I never played with them. I loved them.

Ignorance never yet helped anybody.

It is always wonderful to see how beautiful other people's hearts can be.

This is my future and I will take personal responsibility for making sure all competition requirements are met.

Vision is more than looking.

It's easier to be responsible for the decisions that you've made yourself than for the ones that other people have made for you.

Nowadays they say you need a special chip to put in the TV so kids can't watch this and that. In my day, we didn't need a chip. My mom was the chip. End of story.

Many Americans who are not fastened at the temples to a Christian prayer book are offended by politicians who justify their decisions by piously quoting the Old Testament.

Live as though Christ died yesterday, rose from the grave today, and is coming back tomorrow.

What I want to do is to make people laugh so that they'll see things seriously.