Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close.

Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.

When my marriage broke up... I had just put on 45 pounds for my 'Shall We Dance?' character. I had to eat 10,000 calories a day just to put on weight while training with Tony Dovolani. I basically stayed in bed for a six-month rotation of depression naps. Dance helped me lose the weight.

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.

Carpe per diem - seize the check.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

Genius is never understood in its own time.

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.

Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It's not about nutrients and calories. It's about sharing. It's about honesty. It's about identity.

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.

Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply.

If you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work.

All lasting business is built on friendship.

Architecture is invention.

My dad is my best friend, my father, and my boss. When I do something that is exciting and he likes it, it feels three times as good as you can imagine.