No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.

An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.

Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about.

The most profound statements are often said in silence.

In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too.

You don't have to die in order to make a living!

Only a couple of times have I ever been to church and felt enlightened by it.

Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night... Without the satisfaction.

You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family it was my mother. My mother, I would say, was a... very brutal disciplinarian.

And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry.

Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death.

We will be a mighty nation, if we build each other.

It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.

If you were mean to your parents, they'd give you a good belt in the gob and send you flying across the room.

Jesus will judge us not only for what we did, but also for what we could have done and didn't.

Requirements are for people who want to be unhappy. Because it’s your rules or the universe’s rules. The universe is going to win. Every time.

When there are more males in the industry to begin with, it just has a more male feel, and that pushes the girls away.

Most men fail, not through lack of education or agreeable personal qualities, but from lack of dogged determination, from lack of dauntless will.

Prayer is of no avail. The lightning falls on the just and the unjust in accordance with natural laws.

Fasting gives you confidence to know that your spirit can master appetite . . . and helps to protect against later uncontrolled cravings and gnawing habits.

There is an incredible love in creating art unless somebody is saying, 'Hey, let's just make money,' because it doesn't work when you do it that way. If you are aiming for that, forget it.