Adventure ... is what might otherwise be called hardship if it were attempted in a different spirit.

A faint smell of lilac filled the air. There was always lilac in this part of town. Where there were grandmothers, there was always lilac.

But there is so much more to do for the city we love... a Dallas with roads as strong as our businesses, parks as beautiful as our children, a downtown as tall as our imagination.

Dallas is a great city, and it's worth fighting for.

Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but about securing a portal.

In many ways, our campaign this year will be the same as last time: We're still going to focus on fixing up basics and cleaning up ethics at City Hall.

Now it's time to focus on basics for people in our neighborhoods... and real ethics reform at City Hall.

The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.

The first book we fall in love with shapes us every bit as much as the first person we fall in love with.

Dallas is a positive, get-it done city.

The conditions conducive to deep thought have become increasingly rare in our highly mediated lives... Now we live in an attention economy, where the most in-demand commodity is 'eyeballs.

The love of Christ always helps us see beyond the faults of others.

You amaze me and its hard for me to turn away and make it not so obvious that I'm looking at you.

It’s just a shame that it had to be played that way.

Don't let anyone dictate what you should and shouldn't wear. Do what you want. Who cares?

Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent. You will be amazed at how your whole approach to a person or problem becomes very different.

Thou you thrust your dagger at my eye, I will not flinch.

He who would teach men to die would teach them to live.

The best visual effects are when you shoot as much of what you can in camera. And it's really good for the actor's performance to have something real.

I don't think comic timing is the same as music timing, but I definitely find that I've learned from just writing in general that songs can be narrative without having a story.