The sidelines may be safer but life is played on the field

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

The trick is that as long as you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.

comparing what you see during an eclipse to the darkness at night is like comparing an ocean to a teardrop.

Nothing nice you ever do for anyone is for no reason.

If nothing ever changed, there would be no such things as butterflies.

Maybe some things aren't meant to be known. maybe there just meant to be accepted.

When people see you're happy doing what you're doing, it sort of takes the power away from them to tease you about it.

You never know, life is short but it’s wide

I am not plain, or average or - God forbid - vanilla. I am peanut butter rocky road with multicolored sprinkles, hot fudge and a cherry on top.

Life is short, have dessert first.

I'm the walkingest girl around. I like to work at it - really get my heart pounding.

My deepest belief is that to live as if we're dying can set us free. Dying people teach you to pay attention and to forgive and not to sweat the small things.

That decision to use basically all white models, reveals a trait that is unbecoming to modern society. It can no longer be accepted...

So perverse is mankind that every nationality prefers to be misgoverned by its own people than to be well ruled by another

What do you do when your competitor is drowning? Get a live hose - and stick it in his mouth.

Everyone only hears what he understands.

If these are indeed the spirits of Englishmen and Englishwomen who have passed over into the next world, surely they would know how to form a proper queue?

I used to do my Nelson Mandela voice to blag restaurant tables in Cape Town. It rarely worked. Now what a great city that is.

[Rewriting is] a whole other art form; it's about craftsmanship.

Attack if you can attack, defend if you can't attack, flee if you can't defend, surrender if you can't flee, die if you can't surrender!