I wish... I wish he wasn't quite so ashamed of me. And if he could stop feeling so ashamed of himself, then maybe we might stand a chance.

The point is, you have family and friends who love you. You have a world out there just waiting for you to conquer it. You have a life that will be anything you make it. That's the point.

Beloved, there is no way to measure the continuing influence of one godly mother.

Ignorance is the only possible happiness this world has to offer

To strive to better oneself is natural and expected. To abandon oneself in an effort to attain a new self is foolish and unhealthy.

Sometimes, Chelsea, I wonder, how you get by from day to day. It's a good thing you're so voluptuous.

I went to public school all my life and all through college and I liked it.

A man's ledger does not tell what he is, or what he is worth. Count what is in man, not what is on him, if you would know what he is worth-whether rich or poor.

Forney in Where the Heart Is has more fans than any other character Ive played.

If happiness could be bought, we'd probably be unhappy at the price tag. If only the secret of happiness was as simple as getting wealthy and spending more.

There is no more worthy, more glorious or more potent work, than to work with light.

I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make.