The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but it doesn't bend on its own.

You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world.

When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk.

Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.

Change is never easy, but always possible.

Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.

Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.

Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

If somebody is different from you, that's not something you criticize, that's something that you appreciate.

It has truly been said that 'Humility is not so much a virtue as a necessity, in order to learn.

I think we should be honest about who is working in our kitchens.

In the ocean, [bioluminescence] is the rule rather than the exception.

The Chicago Cubs are like Rush Street-a lot of singles, but no action.

If the wine is not good, then throw it out!

It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself.

Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.

I revise and revise and revise. I'm not even sure "revise" is the right word. I work a story almost to death before it's done.

I'm more motivated, and I'm just working harder every single day, so it shows in the music, and it shows in the fan base, it shows in all areas when you're bringing it like that.

Walls are built up between people a hell of a damn sight faster than--broken down.