Perfecting your character isn’t a marathon, a race, or a competition. It can only be won in stride with daily motivation.

Seize the moments that are before you instead of planning for future moments that get lost in the abyss of time.

When you’re faced with a choice, choose to inspire, choose to empower, choose to stand for those who have lost the will to stand for themselves.

A powerful leader, like a conductor, need not say a word for his message to be communicated.

Honesty and integrity are the yardsticks by which we measure our intrinsic value.

One evening, after a particularly terrible row, the prince smashed his princess over the head with an old wooden clock and she tumbled to the floor, dead.

Wetiko is elusive and mercurial, for whatever we say wetiko is, it isn't, in that it is always more, less, and other than what we are able to say it is in language.

The sports page records people's accomplishments the front page usually records nothing but man's failures.

If it's far away, it's news, but if it's close at home, it's sociology.

The terms of the 2008 constitution [which ensures the military will continue to be the ultimate authority] could not benefit Burma in the long run. I think this constitution should be revised.

The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.

I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in the entire economy [the oil industry], that they are being watched.

No novel has ever changed anything, as far as I can see.

A lot of what acting is is paying attention.

A cartoon character isn't a specific person. It isn't Tom Cruise or George Clooney playing the part, it's a character that could be you. It's easier for you to get drawn into it in a special way.