The whole bloated sensation of success is wiped clean when among family. There is no pressure of being looked upon as 'the brilliant one' but rather the comforts of always being the pupil.

The man who is most aggressive in teaching tolerance is the most intolerant of all: he wants a world full of people too timid and ashamed to really disagree with anything.

It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.

If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.

The weather is nature's disruptor of human plans and busybodies. Of all the things on earth, nature's disruption is what we know we can depend on, as it is essentially uncontrolled by men.

There's no need to curse God if you're an ugly duckling. He chooses those strong enough to endure it so that they can guide others who've felt the same.

One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find.

God gives His deepest discernment and sharpest marksmanship to men who aim to expose His truth before an enemy's lies.

The best ideas will eat at you for days, maybe even weeks, until something, some incident, some impulse, triggers you to finally express them.

Your love is as stable as you are: It's not about how good a person makes you feel, but rather what good you can do for them.

I think a lot of psychopaths are just geniuses who drove so fast that they lost control.

It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.

I think the feelings in my music were suggested to me before I even had the ability to play music.

Die Hard 2 was okay. It was a little outside the template but it was okay, a hard movie to make technically. Did well at the box office. Successful.

I've got to stop being such a snob about leather-bound books, he reminded himself. E-books do have their moments.

My friend is one... who take me for what I am.

I try to do yoga. I really enjoy stretching and having a nice yoga class or taking a run on the beach. I'm not a big fan of the gym. I try to be out as much as possible.

What I like is not a particular genre, it's storytelling. There's a lot of great storytelling in jazz, and in folk and in country music.

After a good night sleep, I wake up the next day, and I say, 'Come on, Tea Party, let’s get it on.'

Hollywood is like a stock market - you're always up and down and all around. With age, you start to invest less in the outcome of that.

The trance of unworthiness keeps the sweetness of belonging out of reach. The path to "the sweetness of belonging," is acceptance - acceptance of ourselves and acceptance of others without judgment.