You think, "Aw man, I would never want somebody else's poop on my hand," but when it's your child, "Oh, it's not that bad, I'll just wash it off."

If you put in the work, put in the time, put in the effort, you're going to reap the benefits.

I'm the best corner in the game. When you try me with a sorry receiver like Crabtree, that is the result you are going to get. Don't you ever talk about me.

Work hard and believe in yourself even when nobody else believes in you.

Your circumstances don't dictate your future. ... Your circumstances don't limit you.

I kind of go to the beat of my own drum.

Sometimes you have to be somebody you're not.

I don't want to be an island. I want to be more of a tourist attraction. You stop here, I take your money and you go.

Both criticism and praise is part of putting yourself out there.

If I don't have the books to read, if I don't have the information to study, how can I succeed? That's a lot of the stuff I would focus on if I was elected because I think knowledge is power.

Don't you open your mouth about the best!

I don’t know who you are or where you are, but I know your deep driving desires. I am writing to you to make your life a little easier and better.

Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.

If you choose to walk through the fire, why do you complain it's hot?

The spark of eros provides color and flavor to delight in our sensuality. Without generating this creative juice, many people feel uninspired and dry in their lives.

Goals achieved with little effort are seldom worthwhile or lasting.

How many chances to you get to make a musical about a serial killer? The minute Tim Burton approached me, I was in.

I was raised Irish Catholic and went to Holy Names Academy, an all-girl's private Catholic school. I loved the nuns there and I love them to this day.

Hemingway himself and Hemingway's writing were both brilliant, brilliant cocktails.

Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.

Penalties are not football. They are not even as television people keep telling us, great drama. They are cheap melodrama.