We don't ever want to shut down and say, I'm afraid to go that far down the road because there's going to be pain. There'll be beauty, too, and if you stop here, you stop all that.

If SANTA CLAUS came down the chimney in a f**king jogging suit, you wouldn't even know it was him.

You want the world to be what you want it to be, and sometimes the world doesn't want that.

As you get older, you accept that there are some tunnels that don't have any light in them, but you go down them anyway.

Everything that you do in your life that helps you sweat is good for you. Whenever you're sweating, you're adding to your potential to enjoy the day or enjoy the moment or enjoy your life.

I embrace the idea that I'm an entertainer.

Keeping perspective and being happy and being energetic and being creative - that's all tied to being healthy.

I think it's probably a good thing to be considered stable, but with a capacity for madness.

I wish I did believe in God. It would be a great relief to think, 'God'll take care of it. God'll put gas in the car tomorrow'.

Being around people who are happy and people who are creative, that's what you do if you're lucky in your life.

We wish that we could take magic drugs, play around all day, read, and do nothing strenuous, and be the smartest, happiest people in the world. The truth is, it's all about sweat.

Love is like a pair of polarized sunglasses, making every color seem more vivid, richer, warmer. Without it we stare at the world dull-eyed and flinch at the thought it might remain the same forever.

Mistakes and failures are simply stepping stones on your journey to success.

Hard work is great. It buys you more tickets to the luck lottery.

Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.

I don't like poems that invent memories, I have enough of my own.

Be prudent, and if you hear, * * * some insult or some threat, * * * have the appearance of not hearing it.

Small beginnings are the launching pad to great endings.

The role of G-20 is to support the global economy to achieve strong, sustainable and balanced growth.

Comandante Fidel Castro is a gifted communicator. He is a brilliant, brilliant mind. But the thing that struck me most about him was he was not a "nationalist."

I do know that love, whether you're giving it or receiving it, or both, it is the ultimate healer.