The way I see it, if everybody ran from bad things instead of trying to stop them, bad things would be all there is.

The man who begins to go to bed forty minutes before he opens his bedroom door is bored; that is to say, he is not living.

I see myself continuing to be a songwriter and a motivator and someone that has grown in her faith.

A good Christian is a velvet-covered brick.

The visual possibility of seeing the historical person (as opposed to the eternal Qur'anic man) on screen is arguably the single most important event allowing Iranians access to modernity.

During the next four years...unless drastic steps are taken by Congress, the U.S. will have nearly 8,000,000 unemployed and will stand on the brink of a deep depression.

Don't be like anybody else. Be different. Then you can make a contribution. Otherwise, you just echo something; you're just a reflection.

The Old Man ain’t afraid of hell

I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it

If you don't have the roots somewhere, it's very difficult for people to work with you. Because you are a different person from them. They don't know you, really. They don't know how you feel.

If I managed the Cubs, I'd be an alcoholic.