You begin by always expecting good things to happen.

I never take advice from anyone more messed up than I am.

You are your greatest asset. Put your time, effort and money into training, grooming, and encouraging your greatest asset.

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.

Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you.

We have already done so much that people call dynamics. Look at the bumblebee being unaware of scientific truths, goes ahead and flies anyway. If it is possible, we will do it here.

Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.

An expert is someone who knows a lot about the past.

You begin by always expecting good things to happen.

Do what you fear most and you control fear.

Today, you have 100% of your life left.

I never see failure as failure, but only as the game I must play and win.

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed: and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I fail and keep trying.

When you are talking, you are only covering what you already know. The only way to learn what other person needs and what you don't already know is to ask questions.

Being miserable is a habit; being happy is a habit; and the choice is yours.

Never forget, Today, you have 100% of your life left.

Your heart’s strength is measured by how hard it holds on. Your self-worth and faith is measured by finally letting go. However, your peace is measured by how long you don’t look back.

I live way below my means.

It is also a victory to know when to retreat.

I never kill insects. If I see ants or spiders in the room, I pick them up and take them outside. Karma is everything.

When I think about myself as a teenager going to festivals, you look to the main stage as the main entertainment of the night.

The Egyptian contribution to architecture was more concerned with remembering the dead than the living.

I launched The Emeril Lagasse Foundation to provide culinary training, and developmental and educational programs to children in the cities where my restaurants operate. I think everyone has a responsibility to give back to the community if they can, and to help future generations learn new skills.

I'm learning something all the time. That's the way I want it to go, and that's the way I'll go until I am no longer on this planet.

I try to figure out how much of the character I can find in myself because you don't want to get outside of your skill-set.

I'm one of the biggest introverts you could ever meet.

It was always you.

I'm not really one for collaborations, to be quite honest.

Old friends and old wine are best.

A lot of my work is with children and there's a reason for that, because they really level you.

My companion and I were alone with the stars: the misty river of the Milky Way flowing across the sky, the patterns of the constellations standing out bright and clear, a blazing planet low on the horizon.

Thanksgiving like contentment is a learned attribute. The person who hasn't learned to be content lives with the delusion he deserves more or something better.

They should just open lots of YouTube schools... as well as, like, a games school, where you can play all types of games. Like, if you want to play racing games, you go there and become a pro at that. Same for football or a shoot 'em up.

And I know I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books... and books in general? Novels and poetry, they belong to the realm of art. How dirty of us to try to hawk art! But, after a decade of hand-wringing and apologies, I can't quite muster the guilt anymore.

I do a lot of decision making before each shoot. It's a luxury to be able to choose what you do.

What, after all, is the narrative of 'the American Dream?' It was a discourse formulated between the 1880s and the 1920s in the United States during the great waves of migration and expansion and reforms of the Progressive Era.

I think that Van Gogh is really the ultimate crazy artist that we all think of.

Chance is the fools name for Fate.

The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to the firm once run by the Vice President Dick Cheney without any competitive bidding. When asked if this could be conceived as Cheney's friends profiting from the war, the spokesman said 'Yes.'

Numerically, half of our high-ranking government officials should be women, and half should be men. And yet the division between the sexes is highly disproportionate in favour of men.