Writers are also sort of like vultures, but with fewer ethics.

You are unique, and this is a beautiful, beautiful thing, grasshopper.

People aren't always what you want them to be

And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.

Free the snow globes!

It's always darkest before the ultimate sparkle.

Board the cows! We've come to enslave your marigolds.

All things are possible.

I've had so many bikini waxes, I cry every time I see a Popsicle stick.

I'm sorry, Gemma. But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you.

It is a giggle full of high spirits and merry mischief, proof that we never lose our girlish selves, no matter what sort of women we become.

In the pursuit of your dreams, you are your greatest assetand doubt is your greatest liability.

You have to knock doors, make calls, and build a relationship with voters long before Election Day.

I wanna lie to you sometimes...but I can't. I wanna tell you that it's all good...but it ain't.

Purpose must be deliberately conceived and chosen, and then pursued.

At that point I asked myself: How is it that she is not amazed at herself, that she keeps her lips closed and makes no such remark?

No one is ever more him/herself than when they really laugh. Their defenses are down. It's very Zen-like, that moment. They are completely open.

There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.

It's not that achievements prove our worth but rather that the process of achieving is the means by which we develop our effectiveness, our competence at living.

This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops.

A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder - never likely to reach home port. To us comes the signal: chart your course, set your sail, position your rudder, and proceed.