Mistakes are the byproduct of action - and thus an accurate gauge of effort.

Anger is a more noble emotion than indifference.

You should quit trying only after two conditions have been met: 1.) You've given yourself a legitimate shot. 2.) Trying is no longer fun.

My lousy way of getting it done is better than your great way of not doing it.

Self-esteem is the prize awarded by you to you for playing by your own rules - in which case, you'd think it would be easier to come by.

You are an adult when, faced with important decisions, you choose to have more faith in yourself than anything else.

The resolve to diet is most easily summoned on a full stomach.

Success is less rare than the courage to attempt it.

How do we not rue the many unchosen paths in life? A blessed lack of imagination. There are enough real glories along any path to swamp our meager ability to picture alternatives.

Talent is truth on display.

Personal happiness is so important, most choose to let someone else take care of it.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

Being human means throwing your whole life on the scales of destiny when need be, all the while rejoicing in every sunny day and every beautiful cloud.

Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking they can master any subtlety so long as it's been shaped into acceptable expository prose.

Until we are all free, we are none of us free.

Love truly makes the world turn, as it has been said. What people forget is that the turning of the world brings darkness as well as the light.

Comedy is ugly. It's honest, it's raw.

Delusions, errors and lies are like huge, gaudy vessels, the rafters of which are rotten and worm-eaten, and those who embark in them are fated to be shipwrecked.

The ultimate test of practical leadership is the realization of intended, real change that meets people's enduring needs.

I always just wait for the right material to come to me. Many times people ask, "What have you been up To?" Well, I'm here and working. Just not in front of the camera as much as I'd like to be.

Democrats are unified under the premise of total political annihilation.