Our vices are the excesses of our virtues.

You can spend your life looking over your shoulder or you can look ahead. I choose to look ahead

What you should want from life is an arena big enough to express your talents and gifts.

I broke a lot of rules because I didn't know the rules.

I’ve had a tense couple of days. And I’ve got to tell you, burning someone’s face off sounds like a great way to relax.

Do not take to heart everything you hear.

Education is the silver bullet to improve this Nation's standing worldwide... and our teachers know that.

My dad has worked so hard his whole life. He doesn't deserve to see his daughters going out embarrassing themselves and flashing their knickers. I want to make my parents proud.

You won't be happy anywhere until you're happy somewhere.

I have sporadic OCD cleaning moments around the house. But then I get lazy and I'm cured. It's a very inconsistent personality trait.

Our relationship with nature has changed radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable.

If you act brave, you can seem brave, and if you do it enough, you can talk yourself into believing you're brave.

I can only encourage everyone to take a close look at their practices. Prevention is always better than cure.

Gun violence is not something that appears just in a bad neighborhood or in another part of the world. It appears right here, right outside your door.