Life itself is pretty funny when you realize how absurd it can be.

When you're wearing jeans, there's a shift in your center of gravity.

I don't think you see a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder, for example. And even with the accents.

If the project piques my interest and scares me a little bit, then it's got me hooked.

The way Shakespeare wrote Fallstaff is with a heightened language and everything.

The best piece of advice Ive ever been given was, Be in the business youre in. Dont just be a satellite around it and expect it to come to you. Be in the business youre in.

Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.

I suppose you just feel on an instinctive level if something is honest.

Nobody wakes up in the morning thinking, 'I'm a bad guy.' They think they're the right guy.

Well, I'm not a natural gym person myself, anyway.

Blackbeard was larger than life. He was 6'4" in 1710. He was a colossus, and like a rock star walking into a bar. He was a tremendous commander, a great leader.

Beware of those who are bored and not passionate about life, for they will bore you with reasons for not living.

(...) Since I was a kid.""Which you refer to as 'back when you were happy.'""Right.

That's the way all life's battles are won.. You don't look at the overall picture. You take one step, then another, and another... until you arrive at your destination.

I always had to diet. I'm diabetic, so it's a lifestyle for me anyway just to stay healthy and not end up in the hospital.

Lips half-willing in a doorway. Lips half-singing at a window. Eyes half-dreaming in the walls. Feet half-dancing in a kitchen. Even the clocks half-yawn the hours And the farmers make half-answers.

It's possible to dazzle a crowd if you really work at it. But that is no qualification for leadership. Hitler was a master of crowds.

A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.

Domestic travel and tourism-related spending has reached $1 trillion a year.

I still need practice in enjoying the fruits of success.

Disease is not of the body but of the place.