[to a teenage girl] Resolve to be economically independent before you marry anyone.

Just because a jackass brays does not mean you have to pay attention.

The harder you try to control your girlfriend the further you'll drive her away, so stop acting like a dumbbell.

You have only one life to live, so live it without worrying about what others may think.

Men like women who are fun to be around, who are kind, intelligent, honest and who don't play games.

Like a stone thrown into a pond, a good deed can create ripples that extend far beyond the initial splash.

Because a jackass brays doesn't mean you have to take it to heart.

People who are angry at themselves sometimes blame others. It's a sign of immaturity.

Because there can be consequences for saying the first thing that pops into our heads, it is prudent to exercise tact.

The best exercise in the world is to bend down and help someone up.

What other people think is their problem.

To me, it is clear that we exist in a plan which is governed by rules that were created, shaped by a universal intelligence and not by chance.

You know, a statesman is a dead politician.

I think the women - Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu - are doing new conceptual things and using their voices to create new American music.

One never finds life worth living. One always has to make it work living.

We must ask ourselves how many times others would benefit more from our silence than from our words.

I've been acting for many years now, and I find there's nothing I enjoy more than making films with my friends and people I like, who also are the funniest people around.

Better a pink bottom than a black soul.

... is there anything more unjust than to build gold and brass and iron on poor, well-meaning clay, -- and then blame the clay when the whole image falls into dust?

Don't wait till you die to go to heaven.

The worst thing you can try to do is to steer the story once it gets going. You just kind of follow along and see where it goes. That's the fun.