Sometimes people think, "You don't get to have it all, you don't get to be happy, life's a struggle," but what if it's not?

I want to push myself to be brave and out of my comfort zone, but I guess I stay in my comfort zone knowing I have my family close by.

I'm strong and I can do things that scare me. I can drive in the snow even though it terrifies me. I'm doing it all alone, I don't have a boyfriend, it was like, "I can do this."

For a long time I wanted to be special and to stick out amongst the crowd. Something I yearn for now is to be one of many.

The more you get into conversations with people, you find out they've been brainwashed by the news and they don't actually know any better.

I don't want to get into an argument at the bar with some old racist homophobic person.

Iowans are super talkative, like me. I'm very talkative. I'm very curious about strangers.

[My ideal] is being able to be outdoors, have a labor intensive life, and then have this other life, where I hop on a plane and go sing to people in Norway.

Whether I'm a hero or a zero doesn't really matter. It's all perception.

I'm very much a homebody so once I have my home set up how I want it, that's my zen, my comfy little nest where I drink my wine and watch my Netflix.

I keep re-watching Friends. It's so dumb. There's so much good TV and I'm really into all of it.

172. Understanding who you are within creates invisible changes in a man’s character

Why help make big companies bigger when you can get the same thing from the little guy and actually help someone accomplish their dream?

It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.

The race problem in the United States is the type of unpleasant problem which we would rather do without but which refuses to be buried.

Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.

I love Merion and I don't even know her last name.

Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.

If you hit a midget on the head with a stick, he turns into 40 gold coins.

I love my son, but my daughter has calmed me down.

I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects the player's personality. If something defines his character, then it will also define his way of playing.