Were helping build capability and capacity in the new Iraqi Navy

You can live your whole life not realizing that what you're looking for is right in front of you.

This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.

Be nice wont you?" "I am nice, I'm always nice." "But not too nice. I mean don't make a religion out of it, niceness.

Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved, if you ever get the chance

Envy was just the tax you paid on success.

Salmon. Salmon, salmon, salmon, salmon. I eat so much salmon at these weddings, twice a year I get this urge to swim upstream.

I'm not the consolation prize, Dex. I'm not something you resort to. I happen to think I'm worth more than that.

Whatever happens tomorrow, we had today; and I'll always remember it

No, friends were like clothes: fine while they lasted but eventually they wore thin or you grew out of them.

Just kidding' was exactly what people wrote when they meant every word.

Some people think that it’s okay to be downright nasty to people they love. It is not okay. Nasty is never called for, and it’s certainly not sweet, useful, nor positive.

That's what sofas are for: sit down, drink a cup of tea, talk of literature. At least that's how I see it.

A spiritually mature person is capable of admitting his mistakes and sins.

Only when you explore the ecstasy of simply being, where even to breathe is a distraction, can you call yourself complete.

Happy relationships don't just happen. You make them happen.

That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one

Stars of earth, these golden flowers; emblems of our own great resurrection; emblems of the bright and better land.

I was so focused at 21, maybe to my own detriment because I didn't allow myself to have fun. I was constantly looking for the next audition and working to pay the bills.

The people who are right a lot often change their minds.

Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructors in eloquence and wisdom.