People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.

There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.

With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.

The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.

Human beings are always going to find interesting ways of making a mess of their lives. It's human nature.

I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

Men dominate because of physicality, and thus they have mercy where women do not.

I don’t want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me.

When I think of the Crucifixion, I commit the sin of envy.

The more you remain aware with all the internal and external changes of life, more you allow yourself to move deeper towards the source.

If we obey God, we shall be his treasured possession.

God allows us to face the tension whether we like it or not.

I've felt real pain, and sometimes I channel the exhale coming out of that to write, and those are the songs that give me the most power and the most strength.

Care, admitted as guest, quickly turns to be master.

Determination is the strength needed to succeed.

If I hear, 'Be afraid of Tehran,' I'm like, 'I'd better go to Tehran.'

How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man's life, religiously preserve the merest trifles.

Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.