One of the great flaws that we all share is that we think everyone else is cooler, everyone else is sexier; everyone else has all the answers. That was me too.

Every villain is a hero in his own mind.

Well, I think there are no villains in this world. There are just misunderstood heroes.

You never know what's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed a mountain.

Haters never win. I just think that's true about life, because negative energy always costs in the end.

Make love, not war. Unless you’re Loki, in which case: do what you want.

We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize that we only have one

Tony Stark in 'Iron Man' helped wider audiences finally embrace the enormous talent of Robert Downey Jr.

Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the cynics wrong. Pity them for they have no imagination. The sky's the limit. Your sky. Your limit. Now. Let's dance.

Don’t judge people on who they used to be. Allow them to be who they are now.

I think everyone should pursue their dreams. Whether you want to play football, act, sing, become a writer or whatever you have burning inside you as you’re growing up, you should pursue it.

Matter tells space how to curve, space tells matter how to move.

The practice of perfect virtue does not require teaching, but instructs others.

I think it is important to maintain a sense of self and confidence, not letting either falter for the sake of a particular part or project, no matter how great it might be.

Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it

People are really angry at Washington. And they have a right to be. It's why I ran in 2010, by the way.

People got to do something useful if they're going to take up space in the world.

As the moral gloom of the world overpowers all systematic gaiety, even so was their home of wild mirth made desolate amid the sad forest.

The oceans are a way of life. We fish; we sail; we have a robust marine economy.

I saw that it was all over, put away in a box like a doll no longer cared for, the magical intimacy of our childhood together

Commend while others are criticizing, persist while others are quitting