Scoring well on tests is the sort of happy thing that gets the school district the greenbacks they crave. Understanding and appreciating the material are secondary.

You are unique, and this is a beautiful, beautiful thing, grasshopper.

People aren't always what you want them to be

And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.

Free the snow globes!

It's always darkest before the ultimate sparkle.

Board the cows! We've come to enslave your marigolds.

All things are possible.

I've had so many bikini waxes, I cry every time I see a Popsicle stick.

I'm sorry, Gemma. But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you.

It is a giggle full of high spirits and merry mischief, proof that we never lose our girlish selves, no matter what sort of women we become.

Freedom without order leads to chaos. We must have order around our freedom. It is God’s Word that sets the boundaries for our freedom.

Always strive to get to the top in life because its usually crowded at the bottom.

In '42, ' it's like the '40s where racial equality had come into the consciousness of a lot of people, whereas in the 1900s it was sort of a new thing.

You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can't visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally.

Gravity has taken over me from time to time. But otherwise than that, I'm blessed with good health. That's the bottom line.

Let's do more than say the 'Pledge of Allegiance.' Let us live it!

I'm not staying away from any genre. I'm trying to get scripts that I like.

If permanent happiness comes with someone, Id leave everything.

As an artist, you never want to write the same song again, you always want to challenge yourself to writing in a different way.

If something sticks around long enough that it makes it to seasonal D.V.D. release, I'll watch it. That's how I watched 'The Sopranos'.