The more people do something, the more likely we are willing to follow. But this doesn´t make it automatically right, funny, good... Applause at the concert, laughing at shows, walk over a red traffic light

Achievements have greater appeal as failures, therefore they are systematically overrated. The media usually reportes only about stars, the unsuccessful are not mentioned. Therfore we end up a distorted perception of the real chances. It is useful to study the unsuccessful. #SurvivorshipBias

Behind each successful author hide 100 unsuccessful, behind each unsuccessful there are 100 that did not find a publisher, behind each of them there 100 who have not yet completed their manuscript .... But in the news only the stars get the whole attention.

Should you ever be sent to war, and you don’t agree with its goals, desert.

There are two kinds of forecasters: those who don’t know, and those who don’t know they don’t know

do you have at least one enemy? Good. Invite him or her over for coffee and ask for an honest opinion about your strengths and weaknesses. You will be forever grateful you did.

If 50 million people say something foolish, it is still foolish.

If you spend fifteen minutes in a shopping mall, you will pass more people than our ancestors saw during their entire lifetimes.

Today and always, beyond tomorrow, I need you beside me, always as my friend, lover and forever soul mate

Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you're positive, good things happen.

It's hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on.

Life is short, and, once somebody is gone, they're gone.

Being a husband is a whole-time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They cannot give their entire attention to it.

If nothing is going well call your grandmother.

Whatever their reasons, Hollywood, or the entertainment industry, is saying something about Indians. I don't see the rest of the media knocking down any doors to do that.

What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.

Actors should avoid talking about their personal lives.

I don't over-sing anymore, which I used to suffer from terribly because I couldn't hear myself.

The perpetual enemy of faith in the true God is not atheism the claim that there is no God but rather Gnosticism the claim that God is known.

The commonest mistake in history is underestimating your opponent; it happens at the poker table all the time.

I'm still traumatized that I'm going to be on a big screen in a white bikini and naked so who knows!

Like most kids, I grew up singing 'This Land Is Your Land' in grammar school, but with the most radical verses neatly removed. This was before I knew it was a Woody Guthrie song.

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.

Sometimes being a survivor is the greatest compliment you can get in Hollywood.

There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it.

I talked to a lot of employers who just are, are fearful of what's coming next out of Washington. It's all the spending, it's all the debt. It's their national energy tax, they want to call it cap and trade - more mandates, higher costs, more taxes. Their healthcare bill - more mandates, higher costs, higher taxes.

Your attitude can take you forward or your attitude can take you down. The choice is always yours!

Among my friends, I'm not a little Boy Scout, and they love my humor, thank God.

Take up the battle, take it up. It’s yours. This is your life, this is your world.

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.

Europe's the mayonnaise, but America supplies the good old lobster.

We really teach ourselves. If you want to learn, you will always find someone to learn from, be they dead or alive, great or unknown. You learn from everything you see and hear around you - if you are willing to pay attention.