You can't just wait for everybody to give you approval - you will just be waiting.

So many people are paralyzed by worrying, "What are these people going to think?"

If it's truly a passion and it's truly something you believe in, then you need to do it.

I do feel like once you know you are someone who is in the world and there are other countries and cultures, that stays with you and your decision-making forever.

Travel. You need to know you're a citizen of the world.

You can't live with letting your feelings guide you, you'll get smooshed.

I was just shitty, shitty, shitty with money and I finally, when I really started making money, I had to get somebody to sit down with me and learn how to manage my money.

[L]anguage cannot match music's subtlety and preciseness of expression.

If parents were as concerened about raising their children as they are about the outcome of their sitcom or sports game, this nation would thrive.

Life takes us to unexpected places... love brings us home.

Dogs were like the worst drunks - lunging at crotches then pissing over other people's shoes.

We have so much to cover and so little time to cover it. Howard Gardner refers to curriculum coverage as the single greatest enemy of understanding. Think instead about ideas to be discovered.

I want it clearly understood that I'm totally confused.

Fear is the polio of the soul. Faith is the life based on unseen realities; it is the word become flesh.

People are yearning to be asked to use the full measure of their potential for something they care about.

We have to get a lot tougher if we're going to win this war [with ISIS]. If we're not going to be tougher, we're never going to win this war. This is only going to get worse.

Until we have a serious discussion, this problem [racism] will continue to occur.