Courage: To step into a conversation with intention and without knowing how to get back out of it.

It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.

Albert Einstein

Technology without hatred can be a blessing. Technology with hatred is always a disaster.

Simon Wiesenthal

I'm so fascinated by the concept of teen pregnancy for some reason. Not that I condone it or promote it, but it's just a very real thing in our country and culture.

Leven Rambin

The world isn't kept running because it's a paying proposition. (God doesn't make a cent on the deal.) The world goes on because a few men in every generation believe in it utterly, accept it unquestioningly; they underwrite it with their lives.

Henry Miller

How hard to realize that every camp of men or beast has this glorious starry firmament for a roof! In such places standing alone on the mountaintop it is easy to realize that whatever special nests we make---leaves and moss like the marmots and birds, or tents or piled stone---we all dwell in a house of one room---the world with a firmament for its roof---and are sailing the celestial spaces without leaving any track.

John Muir, John of the Mountains

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus.

Bishop Robert South

There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's no talent you won't get the part.

Lily Collins

Love can smack you like a seagull, and pour all over your feet like junkmail. You can't be ready for such a thing any more than salt water taffy gets you ready for the ocean.

Daniel Handler

All men have their frailties; and whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will never find what he seeks.

Cyrus the Great

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I love actors. I married one. OK, I married a fantastic one.

Felicity Huffman

Traffic was very, very free. It was great.

Jim Capaldi