One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

You sacrificed for us - you're the real MVP.

So many people doubted me. They motivated me every single day, to be, who I am.

A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.

The future never just happened. It was created.

In the game of basketball, I play first off because I love it. I love to have fun. I love to run up and down the court.

Someday a loving Hand will be laid upon your shoulder and this brief message will be given: “Come home.

There is only one certain test of the virtue and that is humiliation. The acceptance of humiliation alone shows the depth and reality of our humility.

Sometimes a little song is sweet to hear, even if the orchestra is more accomplished

I grew up with a very romantic, idealized vision of New York, probably because of all the books I read and the movies I watched.

Because celebrities' lives are so visible, I think it makes it look lighter than it is.

You would never do stand-up without an audience. I mean, no one would even consider it. It's like they're the instrument you're playing.

Free speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly, yes, the right of petition... well, they are still radical ideas.

If my heart is broken, I should be thankful that I was blessed to have loved but I cannot live that wisely. That's why I cry.

In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted.

The only self-consciousness in the film [Dream of Life] is anyone's natural shyness.