Don't go downhill just because it's easy. The view is only visible from the top.

I would much rather be considered wise than smart. But, I still think it is wise to get an education.

Prepare yourself for success. You have to see it coming to get there.

Have you had a failure or rejection? You could get bitter. That's one way to deal with it. Or...you could just get BETTER. What do you think?

The madder it makes you, the harder you need to laugh at it.

I don't give up. That makes me incredibly resilient or maybe stupid or just plain stubborn. Whichever...

How far can your imagination take you? I don't know. That's up to you, but I think you should find out.

Yes, if it is meant to be, it will be. In the meantime, create your own fate. Plan big and dream bigger.

I tried to gather all the pieces… I picked each one and fixed them so perfectly. No one could say that I was broken once, unless they see my hands, lacerated by the splinters of my heart.

Reality wins, and I'd rather see the truth than stay in love with a fantasy.

I don't read memoirs. But if you write a memoir, I would think you'd want people to know, "O.K., look, I've taken some liberties here." It's just a matter of being open with your readers.

Quality thoughts will turn their back on you if you don't treat them with respect.

It was as if the sensory overload that is American life had somehow led to sensory deprivation, a gilded weariness, where everything is permitted and nothing appreciated.

It is vital that we communicate to seniors their options regarding prescription drug assistance.

Whenever I get asked to write orchestra music or music that is for a lot of players, I try to make it a little sad.

The sin of fallen man is this: Man seeks the benefits of God while at the same time fleeing from God Himself.

The best thing we're put here for's to see; The strongest thing that's given us to see with's a telescope. Someone in every town, seems to me, owes it to the town to keep one.

Intelligence has got the upper hand to such an extent that it transforms the real task into an unreal trick and reality into a play.