Wenn du die Absicht hast, dich zu erneuern, tue es jeden Tag.

Gib jedem Tag die Chance, der schönste deines Lebens zu werden.

Suche nicht nach Fehlern, suche nach Lösungen.

Wenn man alles berechnet, gelingt nichts.

Habe keine Angst, das Gute aufzugeben, um das Großartige zu erreichen.

Ist dein Verlangen groß genug, wird man glauben, du hast übermenschliche Kräfte.

Wer die Freiheit aufgibt, um Sicherheit zu gewinnen, wird am Ende beides verlieren.

Die Fähigkeit, das Wort „Nein“ auszusprechen, ist der erste Schritt zur Freiheit.

Zuerst ignorieren sie dich, dann lachen sie über dich, dann bekämpfen sie dich und dann gewinnst du.

Ich denke, dass man immer ein wenig anders sein musste, um einen Apple-Computer zu kaufen. Oft halten sich solche Menschen selbst für ein bisschen verrückt. Doch in dieser Verrücktheit sehen wir Genialität.

Man muss das Unmögliche versuchen, um das Mögliche zu erreichen.

Einfach machen.

Ich bin genauso stolz auf das, was wir nicht tun, wie auf das, was wir tun.

Die Kunst ist, einmal mehr aufzustehen, als man umgeworfen wird.

Auch aus Steinen, die einem in den Weg gelegt werden, kann man Schönes bauen.

Ein tiefer Fall führt oft zu höherem Glück.

Jeder Nachteil lässt sich in einen zumindest gleich großen Vorteil verwandeln.

Armut und Reichtum sind beides Schöpfungen des Glaubens.

Phantasie ist wichtiger als Wissen, denn Wissen ist begrenzt.

When I was 12, I happened to see a schoolmate playing percussion, and it looked interesting. I asked for lessons, and it felt right.

To exercise power costs effort and demands courage. That is why so many fail to assert rights to which they are perfectly entitled because a right is a kind of power but they are too lazy or too cowardly to exercise it. The virtues which cloak these faults are called patience and forbearance.

I love spicy food.

Los Angeles and Sydney are very similar, but I definitely enjoy more fresh seafood when I'm back in Australia, as there is so much great, fresh produce here. I also like going swimming at the beach while I'm home, too.

You know, we have two families: the one we're born into, and the one that we make for ourselves afterwards.

I wonder: when a Jehovah's Witness dies and goes to Heaven, does God hide behind the door and pretend He's not home?

On any given night - there are nights that you feel better. There are nights that you are vocally better. There are nights that you are not as vocally good. No question about it.

Human spirit, things that aren't tangible, fascinate me, so I'm always researching mind, spirit, soul.

After Hollywood, you know if people are interested in you or in the fact that you've been in a movie. You know who your real friends are.

Then I did one fight scene, and they said it looked good. Because I did it well enough, they've given me more.

The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me.

As a single mother of four, my mother taught me that you always want to show up strong for the moments that really matter with family, friends, and community. I now recognize how her strength helped shape the person I am today and the mother that I have become.

I'm looking to evolve the concept of the new renaissance artist, taking the world by storm through the art of public display and demonstration, with technical savvy, using cell phones and computers.

There's one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And in Rome there's a constant shifting between sublime and pathetic.

Banana republics are run on cronyism.

You do have to continue, as you grow as a human, checking in and going, 'Is this what I want? Am I giving away things that I don't want? Who am I and what do I want to keep doing?'

Since the Renaissance, people have had to get used to living their life on a random planet in the vast galaxy.

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch ? we are going back from whence we came

Grief comes and goes, but depression is unremitting.

Life isn't so complicated for children. They have more time to think about the really important things. That's why I occasionally moralise in my children's books in a way I wouldn't dare when writing for adults.

Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor.

Only a small rich fringe hates Social Security for disincentivizing 80-year-olds from seeking full-time employment.

The other guys and myself have agreed that Billy Sherwood will do an excellent job of covering my parts, and the show as a whole will deliver the same Yes experience that our fans have come to expect over the years.

I have two mini huskies called Woody Guthrie and Edison Guthrie.