I want to be a fun mom. Not a gasping for air mom.

No one can take away your pain, so don't let anyone take away your happiness.

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

I don't have to be an expert. I just have to care.

Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciusness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good.

When I was in my early 20s, I had my hair permed. Bad Idea! It turned into total frizz. My advice to women is: if you have nice hair already, don't get a perm, leave your hair alone.

No one can tell you who you are and what you are made of, only you yourself know what you are made of, and only you yourself can do the work to become who you want to be.

If I can play a little part in the world's healing, and making it a better place than when I came, then I just thank God for that chance.

People who overcome their fears every day, without fanfare, without recognition. Quiet, everyday courage, that’s what I admire most.

Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person's day. It's all about paying it forward.

Sexual assault and domestic violence are difficult things to talk about. Talk about them anyway.

The guitar poured out its soul, its history, its dreams, its pain, its victories, its secrets. The guitar’s strings purred with blues and ended with a haunting solitary song with no lyrics.

Trying hard and working hard is its own reward. It feeds the soul. It affirms your will and your power. And it radiates from you, lighting the way for all those who see you.

If I'm making a movie and get hungry, I call time-out and eat some crackers.

MUMMY, n. - an ancient Egyptian handy, too, in museums in gratifying the vulgar curiosity that serves to distinguish man from the lower animals.

We're heading for a gov. shutdown. This is serious. W/o the gov who will fail to inspect our airplanes? Who will fail to secure our borders? Who will put us 14 trillion dollars in debt?

No man can possibly know what life means, what the world means, until he has a child and loves it. And then the whole universe changes and nothing will ever again seem exactly as it seemed before.

I mention this only to shew that the citations of the most judicious authors frequently deceive us, and consequently that prudence obliges us to examine quotations, by whomsoever alleged.

These kids only want to talk about acting method and motivation. in my day all we talked about was screwing and overtime.

Either you care, or you don't. There's no in-between. And if you care, then go all of the way.

If we are always demanding something out of life, then we will never be content. But if we accept life as it is, then we will know contentment.