Always wake up with a smile on your face, because a lot of people who went to sleep last night are not with us this morning.

When something happens, we always say it happens for a reason.

I'm used to being the big tough guy, the bodyguard type.

People always have an opinion. Doesn't mean it's right, doesn't mean it's wrong, but we have to respect their opinion.

Know what you want to do, because if you don't know what you want to do, you'll get stuck.

So it was a thing that my mother always taught me to go for your goals and never give up no matter what they are, and I started believing that later on in life.

I was up around 340 pounds because the producers said they wanted a really big guy, and I'm not that big, you know! I've lost it all now though. I'm 285 pounds, my sexy weight!

Of course, people told me, 'Mikey, you will never be an actor. You don't have the look. You're ugly.'

Whatever God gave you, you have to work that to your best ability - especially out here in Hollywood, the land of beautiful people.

My sister used to say I had a frail chest and she 'd beat me up all the time.

I believe that teachers committed to the community are the ones who deserve to earn the top dollar, a starting salary of a quarter million dollars a year.

The best thing you can do in life is to love unconditionally and endlessly.

A great life starts and steadies with a great mind that is open to new ideas, fierce in defense of truth, and always eager to learn.

In my mind, there's no logical conclusion that can be drawn, other than that I was fired for my activism.

Alltami (n.) The ancient art of being able to balance the hot and cold shower taps.

Quite simply, quite plainly, just by virtue of his being, Barack Obama is America. The first true American to lead our nation.

One day, I just decided I'm ready to go. So I went down with my guitar and sat on the front steps of Sam Phillips recording studio.

Isn't it so weird how the number of dead people is increasing even though the Earth stays the same size, so that one day there isn't going to be room to bury anyone anymore?

If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them.

Refuse to give up, your mistakes don't define you. They don't dictate where you're headed, they remind you.

I love living. I think that's infectious, it's something you can't fake.