Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintry light.

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

Maybe you never considered yourself a bully, a batterer or an abuser before, but maybe you are — to yourself.

We cry to God for blessings but we do not really want him. He has to teach us that he is the greatest blessing of all.

I'm definitely a child of the 21st century and I prefer texting to phone calls, but I would prefer an answering machine over all.

Saturn is the most photogenic planet in the solar system.

By finally enforcing our immigration laws, we will raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions and billions of dollars, and make our communities safer for everyone.

A house with a great wine stored below lives in our imagination as a joyful house, fast and splendidly rooted in the soil.

What's sad is that there is an addictive quality to that, to believing your own hype; to allowing yourself to become validated by others and no longer by yourself. That's the danger of celebrity

Adapting to climate change: It really is time for action...we are on a never-ending road; this is with us for the rest of our natural lives

For a woman, body image is always a palpable thing. Weirdly, for me, the only time I don't care is when I'm in character.

I'm not the kind of actor who runs around and insists on being called Stravinsky by everybody, and my family has to call me Igor. I'm not that kind of actor. I think that's pretentious.