Alcohol has never caused anyone to do something they didn't want to do. It only enables them to do what they've always wanted but have instead repressed.

You have to build systems to protect against your lesser self.

Without commitment, you cannot have depth in anything, whether it's a relationship, a business or a hobby.

In life, people tend to wait for good things to come to them. And by waiting, they miss out.

If there was anything I'd learned, it's that the man never chooses the woman. All he can do is give her an opportunity to choose him.

It's not enough to just be yourself. You must be your best self

Rapport equals trust plus comfort.

To get a woman, you have to be willing to risk losing her.

The good thing is that women have such high expectations of men that it inspires us to live up to them. That's what I learned about male-female relationships.

there are only so many ways to get rejected or ignored. It doesn't hurt at all anymore because why should someone who's a complete stranger have any control over your sense of selfworth?

One of the things I'd learned ... was how to take a compliment. Just say, "Thank you." It's the only response a confident person can make.

The greatest compliment in the world is your adult children telling you they had a wonderful childhood.

We can all have plenty of lives, but there are limits. You never can tell what they are.

C'mon, let's go in my room and abuse drugs and stuff!

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

In every aspect of the religious life, American faith has met American culture--and American culture has triumphed.

We like the idea of being a little divisive without making it into some kind of philosophical musical approach, and maybe we can convert some people to our view of the world.

I don't love her because she's beautiful; I love her and she's beautiful.

I consider him of no account who esteems himself just as the popular breath may chance to raise him.

The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language.

I am still hopeful. A falcon, Time. But the coincidence is probably accidental.