There's no sense that you can knock on your neighbor's door or be part of a local community group, and that's part of your responsibility as a human being.

I'm lucky because I have so many clashing cultural, racial things going on: black, Jewish, Irish, Portuguese, Cherokee. I can float and be part of any community I want.

Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies

Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that's beautiful.

I have six brothers and sisters. We all look totally different: blonde hair, curly hair, green eyes, dark eyes, dark skin, light skin. It's just how it is.

It's downright undignified how many blazers I've bought over the years. And will continue to buy. They immediately give shape and add authority. With the perfect blazer, anything is possible.

Fail fast. Fail often... The most talented people in the world have bad ideas. That's a good thing to learn.

I don't think any other emotion is the equivalent of laughter. So I do whatever I can to laugh all the time and to hide my pain.

I was like, 'Oh, my God, girls are so pretty and soft. No stubble burn! What am I doing with guys?' [I] haven't dipped back since, but I was very appreciative of the experience.

People don't believe this, but Hollywood really is a meritocracy.

You can never stop discovering music.

I think you're wrong.""Well I think you're naive, " Hayley snapped."Maybe, " Marley conceded, starting to walk away. "But I'd rather be that than a bully like you.

As if one killed by calculation! A person kills only from an impulse that springs from his blood and sinews, from the vestiges of ancient struggles, from the need to live and the joy of being strong.

I think the universe is pure geometry - basically, a beautiful shape twisting around and dancing over space-time.

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.

In Africa, you know, if you're poor, at least you can go to the forest and share some mangoes with the gorillas and monkey.

Prepare your hearts as a fortress, for there will be no other.

We must read the Bible through the eyes of shipwrecked people for whom everything has gone overboard.

I hope all of us may eventually be together in everlasting peace and bliss -- except the inventor of the #‎ telephone .

I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.

We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage and life.