My old coach used to say that if you were in it for the match, if you were in it for the trophies, you were in it for the wrong reasons.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do.

when I see you, I see mystery - a pale moon's beauty behind a veil of cloud

Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.

When you spend your life doing what you love to do, you are nourishing your Soul. It matters not what you do, only that you love whatever you happen to do.

With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face.

My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.

Mike Tyson always had a big heart, but one of his problems is that he's short. And he's got kind of a personal attitude. But that don't make him a great fighter.

You're special-not because of what you have. You're special because of who you are.

I guess the second-term team is not quite as adoring as the first.