There are times in life to grow, and there are times in life to shine. One can't grow and shine at the same time; it just doesn't work that way. Now you're growing. Tomorrow you'll shine.

If you can understand human behavior, it can’t hurt you nearly as much.

It's fine to be insane as long as you keep it to yourself.

You're in my personal space, so get out of it.

People will do and think whatever it is they have to in order to survive.

My belief in ghosts swings with the wind. But my belief that the cemetery felt happy and not sad-I've never changed my mind about that.

You can never see a plant grow, but they do.

People love to see you get ahead — so long as you don't get farther ahead than they are.

You're supposed to be kind to everyone, because you never know when you're meeting an angel.

Things don't have to be sane when they're normal.

If people knew who the angels were, they would be very nice when they saw one and would still do their same evil garbage when they thought none were around. Knowing who they are defeats the purpose.

If you want to have order in the commonwealth, you first have to have order in the individual soul.

If you dare, you will find strength to fulfil the dream.

The mind is not something we own, it is something we share

Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself.

Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or it would rob them of their weapons.

Our way of life is at stake, our grandchildren are at stake, the future of civilization is at stake.

Going from crying to laughing that fast and hard happens maybe five times in your life and that extreme right turn is the reason why we are alive, and I believe it extends our life by many years.

If you go back to the first single-cell form of life, it clearly possessed the capacity to receive, to utilize, to store, to transform, and to transmit information.

I love both acting and programming equally. I think it enriches me and enhances me as an artist.

Much of my writing has taken the form of a pilgrimage: to sacred places that represent the best of America, to musicians and other artists who represent the best of their art.