Animals on factory farms all face pain and fear, just like the animals we share our homes with, yet are repeatedly abused in shocking ways.

I waited a long time out in the world before I gave myself permission to fail. Please don't even bother asking. Don't bother telling the world you are ready. Show it. Do it.

I spend my nights just sitting and reading a book and drinking my tea and walking my dog. That's about as exciting as my life gets.

I hate that word — 'lucky.' It cheapens a lot of hard work

I love animals. All animals. I wouldn't hurt a cat or a dog — or a chicken, or a cow. And I wouldn't ask someone else to hurt them for me. That's why I'm a vegetarian.

You can say no. You can not be the object of ridicule.

I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am.

I dress and eat like a fifth-grader, basically. I like sandwiches and cereal and hooded sweatshirts.

George Martin is an incredible writer.

Being on television, playing the same character for many years, for me, I think that would get a little tedious.

Call me Elf......one more time!

If everyone, every morning, thought about peace just for a few minutes instead of thinking about what to eat for breakfast we would have peace in the world.

Why are you being so mean?”“Friends tell friends the truth.”“Yeah, but not to hurt. To help.

Rivers don’t drink their own waters

Then there will come a time where, very quickly, a woman will lose what some call her beauty.

It is by acts (actions) and not by ideas (mere thoughts) that people [really] live.

Sleep is the best time to repair, but it's hard to get a good night's rest when we don't dial the inner chatter down.

If all simply insist on rights and no duties, there will be utter confusion and chaos.

Most people have bosses who hire them to fill a slot in the work chart and to do what they are told. And most people who are doing what they are told feel safe; it feels reliable.

The same electorate that is unhappy with [Pennsylvania's] GOP Sen. Rick Santorum appears to have some qualms with Rendell.

I'd catch moonlight in a bottle, if we could drink a toast to happiness.