Optimism is the first symptom that any disease is fatal.

Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave.

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?

You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.

If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Just like watering the field will cause both the desired seed and the undesirable weed to germinate, the opportunities for your mission in life will be equally presented with real-life threats.

I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.

I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's.

I've never had a problem with a dumb client. There is no such thing as a bad client. Part of our job is to do good work and get the client to accept it.

I don't like to look at myself in the mirror, which is why my eye makeup is always crooked.

Socks may eat wherever they want to.

How families deal with loss, everyone has their own process.

The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.

I'm glad I won it because when I grew up the Pulitzer was the award that every composer wanted and I was like that too.

Chris Pittaro is the best rookie I've had in 15 years.