I give you this toast: To the Hobbits. May they outlast the Sarumans and see spring again in the trees.

Slight changes simply make a blur.

The birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus means that one day everything sad will come untrue.

The greatest adventure is what lies ahead. Today and tomorrow are yet to be said. The chances, the changes are all yours to make. The mold of your life is in your hands to break.

How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

The chief purpose of life, for any of us, is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God by all means we have, and to be moved by it to praise and thanks.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons.

It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.

Instead of a Dark Lord, you would have a queen, not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Tempestuous as the sea, and stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love me and despair!

Young lovers. If you get it right, it's amazing what you can share. The challenging part is maintaining it.

...the Palestinian Arabs' obsession with the Jews and rejection of all political compromise was inspired by Islamic teachings as well as by European fascism.

A free-loader is a confirmed guest. He is the man who is always willing to come to dinner.

Its hard for me to listen to any actors whine or moan about anything acting-related because look at the world. We really have nothing to complain about. Just to be working is a blessing.

It's all about enjoying the powerful NOW. I really love what I do.

Being talked about like a package - I feel like that all the time.

See?” I’d whispered to Bones, nudging him with a grin. “He never argues with her. Isn’t that sweet?” A snort preceded his response. “Keep dreaming, pet.

It is not love that matters, Mistress Boy, it is what you choose to do with it. What’d you choose to do with yours?

There is small danger of being starved in our land of plenty; but the danger of being stuffed is imminent.

I've written all my songs on every single one of my records, and that's what's been fun about looking back.