A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.

There is beauty in thinking independently.

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.

There's a ton of talent in this country. Some just need to be given a shot.

I think President Obama is going to be a one-term president.

My body is beautiful and sacred, and I'm going to celebrate it.

Passion is very important; if you don't love what you do then you're probably doing the wrong job.

The process of illusion & disillusionment is part of life and goes on endlessly.

I think of Terrence Malick's movie Days of Heaven - one of Richard Gere's first movies - you can push pause on almost any image in the movie and it looks like a painting.

From a Hindu perspective, you are born as what you need to deal with, and if you just try and push it away, whatever it is, it's got you.

There is a saying that every single person in the world has something to teach you. So the more people I get to work with, the more I can learn and the better actor I will become.