There are some parents who have really done it right and told their kid, 'You know, we have this dough, none of this is for you. You have to get your own.

Remember that just because you hit bottom doesn't mean you have to stay there.

Listen, smile, agree, then do whatever you were going to do anyway.

People never change because they are under threat or under duress. Never. They change because they see something that makes their life seem valuable enough to start moving toward a life worth living.

People rise out of the ashes because, at some point, they are invested with a belief in the possibility of triumph over seemingly impossible odds.

I don't need an Iron Man suit. I'm already a weapon of mass seduction.

I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.

I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb.

I just think it's good to be confident. If I'm not on my team why should anybody else be?

I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.

The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.

It's funny how things work out.Trouble is, I'm still not laughing.

No way exists in the present to accurately determine the future effect of the least of our actions.

Deceive not thy physician confessor nor lawyer.

It is the hardest thing in the world to be a good thinker without being a good self examiner.

Life is too short not to do a little practical joking.

People are trying to decide whether the man-made disaster is worse than Mother Nature's disaster.

Changing the world is not easy, but its pursuit will change you profoundly.

I got my hair highlighted because I felt some strands were more important than others.

One nightingale in an interfluous wood Satiate the hungry dark with melody.

What is most important is to go deep into ourselves and discover the loving kindness and compassion of the buddha within - the awakened nature we all possess.