Would people applaud me if I was a good plumber?

Regret is useless in life. It's in the past. All we have is now.

Only the one who walks his own way can't be overtaken.

Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.

Never surrender to the momentum of mediocrity.

The more sensitive you are, the more certain you are to be brutalized, develop scabs, never evolve. Never allow yourself to feel anything, because you always feel to much.

All I want to be is normally insane.

Tell me, do you spend time with your family? Good. Because a man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.

If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.

An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so he must be willing to accept all experiences that life can offer.

Every time you get knocked down you get up stronger.

It shouldn’t surprise us…to find that prayer is not finally about getting things from God, but getting God.

Language is the dress of thought.

It is more likely that coaches have players go down in games they are losing than games they are winning.

It is up to us not to bury that potential we have.

I was looking very much for a career. My second marriage to Stan Herman had ended, and I wanted very much to be independent, not take alimony from him, be on my own, do the right thing.

Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.

It is sufficient for you that the one who envies you is distressed at the time of your joy.

"You're a bitter man," said Candide. "That's because I've lived," said Martin.

I don't think the space station will ever do anything for exploration. Putting people up there for a year or more is the only way you will get anywhere near the exploration concept

I sat back, allowing Wes's words to sink in. Then I responded, "I guess it's hard sometimes to distinguish between second chances and last chances.