We ought not to heap reproaches on old age, seeing that we all hope to reach it.

The purest form of listening is to listen without memory or desire.

To dare to be aware of the facts of the universe in which we are existing calls for courage.

A good leader makes a good follower.

Arrogance is a great obstruction to wisdom.

Wealth is the sinews of affairs.

To be unable to bear an ill is itself a great ill.

Old age is the harbor of all ills.

The end of a dissolute life is a desperate death.

Of all evil things the least quantity is to be borne, but of learning and knowledge, the more a man hath, the better he can bear it.

Misers take care of property as if it belonged to them, but derive no more benefit from it than if it belonged to others.

Personally, I believe “Young Adult” to be an arbitrary title that means the book "Can be enjoyed by anyone/Has a main character who’s not quite an adult/Isn’t really boring.

Preferring steady progress, slow and imperfect, is a good philosophy for the defeated.

A sign now of success with a certain audience when you do a short comedy piece, anywhere, is that it gets on YouTube and gets around. It's always something you're thinking about unconsciously.

The more passionate that someone is about something, the more you have to listen to them.

Be respectful of your Sensei.

I got too fed up with films that didn't make you think. I liked the idea of one that you'd have to be dancing around with. I like my mind to be engaged when I watch a film.

Coming out of BYU's football spring, 1999, practice: We might have a chance to be pretty good.

Doing business in Jamaica is not easy, but it is rewarding.

Ideas are powerful things, requiring not a studious contemplation but an action, even if it is only an inner action.

I must have the sun and warmth. I need to be in the sun - I'm a true island baby.