Unused talents gives you no advantage over someone who has no talent at all.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Never regret anything that made you smile.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

I try to be perfect but I'm not. I'm perfectly imperfect in every way.

The sense of flowing, which is so crucial to song, is also crucial to poetry.

Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.

You can be happy instantly by wanting what you already have.

I'm a big fan of Israel and frankly a strong prime minister is a strong Israel

In a strange way, I expected Russia to become more like America since the Soviet Union collapsed, but the reverse is true. America has become more like Russia: a kleptocratic society.

I've always been about honesty, whether on the radio, whether I did a movie, whether I wrote a book. As long as you're honest, you don't lose your edge.

How I grew up, everybody was telling me, "You can't do this, you can't get tattoos, you've got to look a certain way." Now, I'm like, "Why?"

I like the smell of film. I just like knowing there's film going through the camera.

Our collective freedom... depends on our ability to defend the rights of others.