Happiness is not a reward. It's a consequence. You have to work at it every day.

There is a time in a boy’s life when the sweetness is pounded out of him; and tenderness, and the ability to show what he feels, is gone.

You want to be happy? You want to be well? Then put your boots on.

Is this level of athletic competition the ultimate distraction from real life? Or is it a form of prayer?

People see weakness in a woman and they want to help. They see weakness in a man and they want to stamp it out

I really like being a woman. ... I like it more now because I think it's more of a privilege.

There's a big difference between tolerance and approval, and I have no right to expect or demand the latter from anyone.

... there is a whole hell of a lot of knowledge about the (expletive removed) human condition that we are not ready for.

I'd been at the mercy of a prick on a power trip, the kind of buttoned-up bantam rooster who gets off on control and then, when you resist him, tells you that you've got issues with control.

That was the crux. You. Only you could work on you. Nobody could force you, and if you weren't ready, then you weren't ready, and no amount of open-armed encouragement was going to change that.

The real certificate is to know Jesus Christ.

Lieutenant Mortas is the black sheep of the family--I thought you knew that.

Only those who can see the invisible, can do the impossible.

Sally Field looks amazing in general, never mind her age! She's a phenomenally talented actress and has had a career spanning so many decades.

How you imagine the world determines how you live in it.

Women love the lie that saves their pride, but never an unflattering truth.

So much of what we do every single day is the result of habits that we have formed over time.

When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins.

We can acquire as much knowledge as we would like with a few taps on our keyboard. That's extremely valuable, but wisdom comes again from some different dimension.

We need to redefine "smart" when talking about things Obama does, 'cause in my world he doesn't do smart things. He doesn't do intelligent things or wise things. He's doing destructive things.