The mature mind seeks to follow through.

The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through.

A person remains immature, whatever his age, as long as he thinks of himself as an exception to the human race.

Newspapers have developed what might be called a vested interest in catastrophe. If they can spot a fight, they play up that fight. If they can uncover a tragedy, they will headline that tragedy.

Time the devourer of everything.

The very essence of all power to influence lies in getting the other person to participate. The mind that can do that has a powerful leverage on his human world.

To hate and to fear is to be psychologically ill. It is in fact the consuming illness of our time.

Goodness is a special kind of truth and beauty. It is truth and beauty in human behavior.

The secret of all true persuasion is to induce the person to persuade himself.

Better a dish of illusion and a hearty appetite for life than a feast of reality and indigestion therewith.

Sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, and love belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality.

You need not have any motivation but the motivation to overpower your mind.

White folks are not going to come to see a bunch of guys with tattoos, with cornrows. I'm sorry, but anyone who thinks different, they're stupid.

I am a girl, so I never looked at my dad's body and thought that's what I need to look like.

You disappoint yourself more often by not doing things because of cowardice and temerity than you ever did by doing things that turn out to be wrong.

A very talented player and all around excellent musician. I love hearing his records on radio!

Everyone should have ten megabits and then the web will be a wonderful thing.

Boldness in itself is genius.

I love comedy. I'm not known for comedy, but I love it. I've done a lot of it, in my lifetime. But most people are surprised to hear that I made a funny movie.

Can you believe the weather?'...'Actually, I CAN believe the weather. What I can't believe is that I'm actually having a conversation about the weather.

I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii