Have the courage to contribute imperfectly and authentically in a world that is quick to criticize.

Habits are tools. They can either propel you toward success or drag you down.

You will show that thing to me and from now on, I will deal with them."I opened my eyes really wide and fluttered my eyelashes at him. "I'm sorry, I must've missed your coronation ceremony. Silly me.

Do you know invisible determination and effort will always accomplish visible distinction and excellence?

For me, a kitchen is like science fiction. I only go there to open the refrigerator and take something out.

When you consider how many millions of workdays begin with hangovers great and small, it is mildly ­surprising to find how few real descriptions of the experience our literature can boast.

I'd sooner have one real grief on my mind than twenty false. It's better to know one's robbed than to think one's going to be murdered.

Melancholy Is not, as you conceive, indisposition Of body, but the mind's disease.

A lot of people wonder how a 21-year-old with average power (I finished 89th in driving distance) can be so successful. The answer is simple: I know how to score.

Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults of individuals are in infecting the city at large.

If I have to hold a note for a long time, I imagine it as moving and spinning, for the note has to have life. In a way, a singer actually refreshes a note with every beat that it's held.

Love goes toward love.