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.

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.

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 get old and slow down I want to look behind me and see all the fire and the wreckage and no stone left unturned.

CAME" - Crownless Ambition Must Emerge - Genereux Philip

Small kindnesses, small courtesies, small considerations, habitually practised in our social intercourse, give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talents and accomplishments.

If the pursuit of perfection is a way to prove our worth, in the end the pursuit will only prove our imperfections.

...I might mention my belief that girls who like Woody Allen movies are nicer girls than girls who don't...

Do you think I could have come to you again and again, if you had been less alone?You called me and I answered

I am among those who think that science has great beauty.

There are no hierarchies, no infinite, no such many as mass, there are only/ eyes in all heads,/ to be looked out of.

Folks, we want to end Obamacare. We want to go to a plan that is so much better and so much less expensive, right?

Don't tell me you don't know what love is When you're old enough to know better.

All men of genius, and all those who have gained rank in the republic of letters, are brothers, whatever may be the land of their nativity.