Jesus came to be the light for the world, and then there's the Christmas star and the idea of letting your light shine...But not blinding your neighbor with it.

Love is the most valuable gift that you can give to anyone from your heart.

Evolution happens. There's no football team in the world that has stayed together for time ever more.

Arrogance occurs in people who have achieved something and believe that they independently caused their own success with no assistance, support, or input from others.

I think of a lot of comedy being watched alone, for some reason. It's surprising to me that people are getting together to watch stand-up comedy.

Ask a new question and you will learn new things.

[My] hunger and thirst was, and still remains: How do I get people who hate poetry to love me?

It gives men courage and ambition and the nerve for anything. It has the colour of gold, is clear as a glass and shines after dark as if the sunshine were still in it.

So see every opportunity as golden, and keep your eyes on the prize - yours, not anybody else's.

It meant that New York philanthropists, New York society, would now rediscover the library. ... that learning, books, education have glamour, that self-improvement has glamour, that hope has glamour.