If you’re a giver, remember to learn your limits. Because the takers don’t have any.
We are not all in the same boat. We are all in the same storm.
With great powers comes great responsibilities.
…the image is one thing and the human being is another…it’s very hard to live up to an image.
Never stop being a good person because of bad people.
If you only want to see dog shit, then there is dog shit.
Never listen to girls on how to get girls. If you’re trying to catch fish you don’t ask another fish. You ask the Fisherman.
All warfare is based on deception.
The women’s struggle today is an individual struggle (…) You can’t demand equal pay if you also want to have a long maternity leave, stay at home when they are sick and be there primarily for the children.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
The early bird catches the worm. The early worm gets eaten.
I was raised in a free and liberal home. I have never felt threatened by other cultures, other colors or other ways of thinking. In 30 years, there will be more and more colors in the minds of the people who walk around our streets. And we want to move around a lot more ourselves. It is also necessary that we open up if we are to remain strong at that time.
There’s one thing worse than being boring. It is to be immoral
The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn’t know what all the yelling was about. I didn’t realize that my body was moving. It’s a natural thing to me. So to the manager backstage I said, ‘What’d I do? What’d I do?’ And he said “Whatever it is, go back and do it again.
If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
If one is not happy with oneself, then why should others be?
I’m not wise, but the beginnings of wisdom are there; it’s like relaxing into – and accepting – things.
Grief is the price we pay for love.
If a man says you’re ugly, he’s just mean. If a woman says you’re ugly, she’s just jealous. If a kid says you’re ugly, you’re ugly.
I’ve never gotten over what they call stagefright. I go through it every show. I’m pretty concerned, I’m pretty much thinking about the show. I never get completely comfortable with it, and I don’t let the people around me get comfortable with it, in that I remind them that it’s a new crowd out there, it’s a new audience, and they haven’t seen us before. So it’s got to be like the first time we go on.
I’ve never tried that before, so I can probably do it well!
Don’t criticize what you don’t understand, son. You never walked in that man’s shoes.
You are only as happy as your least happy child-
Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.
If someone says it’s raining and another person says it’s dry, it’s not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out the fucking window and find out which is true.