Some people in D.C. talk about me like a dog.

You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world.

When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk.

Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.

Change is never easy, but always possible.

Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.

Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.

Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

If somebody is different from you, that's not something you criticize, that's something that you appreciate.

The strongest intimidation, by the way, is the invention of a hereafter with a hell everlasting.

People think the Beatles know what's going on. We don't. We're just doing it.

the detective's highest talent lay in the gentle art of seeking favours under the guise of conferring them!

From that moment on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again.

The Lord is coming, always coming. When you have ears to hear and eyes to see, you will recognize him at any moment of your life. Life is Advent; life is recognizing the coming of the Lord

How can you call it love when it hurt you so badly?" "It was love because it was worth it.

I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.

Cause I'm no better than you, you, or you. And I can't get on no throne and preach, 'cause I'm not God.

An awful lot of storytelling isn't really about making people understand - it's about making people care.

The nature of touring is packaging acts together that have strong catalogues of music. It's about making sure that it's a winning combination. It's really about giving people value for their money.