There is no fate... no predestination... no luck. Don't use that as an excuse to not live the life you want. Work for it. You make your future - no one else.

Never play the Devil's Advocate. Your words could be the difference between success and failure in someone else.

I was thinking about picking up kayaking, but I didn't want anyone to think I had herpes.

I used to dream of a week-long beach vacation with white sand under my toes... right now, I'd settle for 48 hours at a Motel 6 with some Lysol and a UV lamp.

I think we, sometimes, try to fill a void with so many other things that we make the wound deeper & prevent it from ever healing properly.

Your past doesn't define you. Only your present and your future. If your life is screwed up, stop making excuses. What are you going to do about it today?

If it isn't going to matter to you in 5 years, quit stressing about it. (Also, quit b*tching about it. It might matter when you're all alone in 5 yrs because you're annoying now.)

It's nice to feel needed... it's better to feel wanted.

As a kid, I dreamed of a knight in shining armor coming to rescue me. Now, I just dream of equal pay for equal work.

I'll say it again, for every moment you're with the wrong person, you are robbing yourself and the right person of the opportunity to find real happiness.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life, and if you screw that up, you can start again tomorrow.

The way we think, define the way we act.

A sad tale's best for winter: I have one of sprites and goblins.

Avoid restaurants with names that are improbable descriptions, such as the Purple Goose, the Blue Kangaroo or the Quilted Orangutan.

There is something terribly radical about believing that one's own experience and images are important enough to speak about, much less to write about and to perform

On land, on sea, at home abroad, I smoke my pipe and worship God.

You have to keep plugging away. We are all growing. There is no shortcut. You have to put time into it to build an audience.

I've learned a lot about how people have to fight through their whole lives just to be themselves.

The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation.

Once you have a PhD, every meeting you go to becomes a doctor's appointment.

I knew school was stupid since the fifth grade.