I've been waiting a long to to meet you

When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope.

Never lose faith in yourself, and never lose hope; remember, even when this world throws its worst and then turns its back, there is still always hope.

That’s the worst way to miss somebody. When they’re right beside you and you miss them anyway.

Life is but a fine wine to be sipped and favored.

One of the gifts our planet gave us is to love completely. Without jealousy or insecurity or fear. Without pettiness. Without anger.

The key to change is letting go of the fear.

A wise man once told me that only by leaving someone good can you meet someone better.

He who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it.

If you ever know a man who tries to drown his sorrows, kindly inform him his sorrows know how to swim.

A place is only as good as the people in it.

Sometimes people hate you. Just hate them back.

For chocolate's sake!

The worst thing that you can do in terms of bringing a product up to the market is to be two days after someone else has brought a similar product to the international market-It's dead.

In my first stand-up acts there wasn't material even. You know, I'd go on stage and cry and read a Dear John letter or gut fish on stage. I could be odd - and it's what interested me as a comedian.

When we want to be something other than the thing God wants us to be, we must be wanting what, in fact, will not make us happy.

The strength of your life is measured by the strength of your will.

It's a short step from the belief that every child should be wanted to the belief that a child exists to satisfy our wants.

My writing habits are pretty static. I get up every morning between 6 and 7 am, grab a cup of coffee, say a few prayers, and go downstairs to my office and start writing.

It's crucial to understand that as a society, we can reorganize. We can reorganize socially, politically, and economically, and we can reorganize according to our values.

She takes off your drawers and works you over, she calls you Twinkles and you call her Rover.