There are three things that a beggar and a rich person share every day: the sun, the moon, and the stars.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

Rocinante was of more value for a true traveller than a jet plane. Jet planes were for business men.

When desire dies, fear is born.

It's not fair to use movies that weren't creatively successful as a reason why something won't work.

In the United States, you can put on a cowboy hat and join the country-western neighborhood. If you're down below 14th Street in New York City, that's bohemian; that's left-wing.

Russian fighters are always bouncing around and using a lot of effort with the punches they throw and grinding for takedowns. Anyone would get tired with that style.

Today, American women bear an average of 2.2 children that live to adulthood. Across most of Europe, women bear even fewer young.

We didn't have a generation gap, we had a generation Grand Canyon.

What's funny is that there's a lot of great Australian actors in American movies but you don't often hear them do their Australian, original accent.

History-writing is not a visit of condolence.

However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It's just something I'm passionate about.