A child should have every advantage - including those taught by disadvantage.

Anger is a more noble emotion than indifference.

You should quit trying only after two conditions have been met: 1.) You've given yourself a legitimate shot. 2.) Trying is no longer fun.

My lousy way of getting it done is better than your great way of not doing it.

Self-esteem is the prize awarded by you to you for playing by your own rules - in which case, you'd think it would be easier to come by.

You are an adult when, faced with important decisions, you choose to have more faith in yourself than anything else.

The resolve to diet is most easily summoned on a full stomach.

Success is less rare than the courage to attempt it.

How do we not rue the many unchosen paths in life? A blessed lack of imagination. There are enough real glories along any path to swamp our meager ability to picture alternatives.

Talent is truth on display.

Personal happiness is so important, most choose to let someone else take care of it.

When a hypocrite or a wicked leader is in power, anyone that becomes popular or stands out easily becomes a prey.

True love isn’t measured by the quantity of your “I love you”. It is measured by your ability to handle the problems in your relationship and getting through it together

Real men are advocates for women's rights.

Reality TV is the perfect antidote to people who don't have enough self-centered douchebags in their life.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

Read a lot, finding out what kind of writing turns you on, in order to develop a criterion for your own writing. And then trust it-and yourself.

Dance is one of the most powerful forms of magical ritual...It is an outer expression of the inner spirit.

We would be ashamed of our best behavior if the people knew the motives of our behaving so.

I have started smiling! I've mastered this smirk; it's a smile that isn't a smile.

I tried to walk a line between acting lawfully AND testifying falsely, but I now realize that I did not fully accomplish that goal.