Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.

When you do something beautiful and nobody notice, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.

She woke up every morning with the option of being anyone she wished. How beautiful it was that she always chose herself.

It's so easy to be grateful for a flower, for a bug, for a beautiful day.

When I first dropped into L.A., I wanted to be a superhero!

The German ueber-photographer Andreas Gursky was the perfect pre-9/11 artist.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

We had a showing of Battlestar in LA last week. I walked out the door and there were 50 people. I signed a ton of autographs. Other actors walked away without signing. These are the fans. I guess it depends. on who you are.

I initially thought 'Lewis' was a terrible idea. The character had very much been Morse's work donkey and sounding board. But I was persuaded to do it, thinking if it was a flop, at least ITV would stop asking me. But the pilot took off, so we got back on this moving train, and we've never looked back.

In temperate zones, winter is the best insecticide; it keeps the bugs in check. The tropics enjoy no such respite, so plants there have developed a wide range of alkaloids that kill off nosy insects and animals.

Canada sets aside 36 percent of their visas for people with skills they think their country needs. We set aside six percent. We educate the doctors, and then don't give 'em a green card.

Failure should be our teacher not our undertaker. Failure is delay not defeat. It is a temporary detour not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing doing nothing and being nothing.

I just want my music to be put out there, not shoved in people's faces. I want to keep it relaxed.

Journalism could be described as turning one's enemies into money.

The only way to find that territory is trying to keep your mind constantly open. That's the only way that you're ever going to see the sort of signs of where to go.

When a society decays, it is language that is first to become gangrenous. As a result, social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings.

The creation of a new heart, the renewing of a right spirit is an omnipotent work of God. Leave it to the Creator. He which hath begun a good work in you will perfect it unto that day.

I like to Instagram my dogs! I also get excited to post behind-the-scenes photos from when I was filming something.

If you are paying attention, then the day is going to be pretty joyful, and a lot of delight will fill it.

When I got on the set of 'Saving Private Ryan,' I discovered, to my amazement, that Steven Spielberg is a gamer.

Pride deafens us to the advice or warnings of those around us.

I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves.

I've never worried about anything in my life a fraction of the way I worry about my daughter. It's much more than hoping people like the play you're in, or that your outfit doesn't look bad. It's the real deal.

I have very little choice. If I don't write, I feel dreadful. So I write.

When both women and men contribute to a country's economic life on an equal basis, they help building stronger societies and stronger economies.

Yes, I'm obsessed with health, which has been an interesting journey. I went down the raw-food diet route, but got ill. It was really hard, especially in Britain in winter, trying to survive on raw carrots. I became so ill and anemic, so I stopped that and became a vitamin junkie. I just ate lots of vegetables, exercised and breathed.

I was in graduate school. I had a birth control accident and went to get the morning after pill.

With one foot in the canoe and one foot on shore you are sure to fall into the river.