I never dreamt, in my dream, I’m Dalai Lama.

When I have an idea, I turn down the flame, as if it were a little alcohol stove, as low as it will go. Then it explodes and that is my idea.

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.

People think you have to go through something to write about it, and you absolutely do not. You can write about, like, a shoe. It’s a story.

Today, I’d like to talk to Bob Marley. I’d just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of the greatest songwriters ever. I don’t know if people understand how powerful his songs are and the simplicity and genius behind them, from ‚Redemption Song‘ to ‚Is This Love?‘ and ‚I Shot the Sheriff.‘

Miracles come in moments. Be ready and willing.

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music – which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there’s no dream that’s too big.

I just want to do God’s will. And he’s allowed me to go to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.

I wanted to become an illustrator as a child.

I always wished for this, but it’s almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.

The Dalai Lama is just a temporal leader of Tibet.

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things.

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres.

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

One word from the Lord is like a piece of gold to a believer, who is like a jeweler, shaping and hammering out the promise for a number of weeks.

Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.

My songs are the door to every dream I’ve ever had and every success I’ve ever achieved.

Myth and fairy-story must, as all art, reflect and contain in solution elements of moral and religious truth (or error), but not explicit, not in the known form of the primary ‚real‘ world.

There is no Frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing Poetry.

I’m looking forward to becoming a marvelous – excuse the word marvelous – character actress. like Marie Dressler, like Will Rogers.

I just kind of wake up with a new idea and new dreams every day, and I follow that dream, as they say.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

Where love is, there God is also.

There have to be reasons that you get up in the morning and you want to live. Why do you want to live? What’s the point? What inspires you? What do you love about the future? If the future does not include being out there among the stars and being a multi-planet species, I find that incredibly depressing.

Basketball is booming, and it’s not just an Under Armour standpoint: it’s about the game itself. Kids going out and playing and being inspired by what we do on the court.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

Never, and I mean never, allow anyone else’s ideas of who you can or can’t become sully your dream or pollute your imagination. This is your territory, and a ‚Keep Out‘ sign is a great thing to erect at all entrances to your imagination.

Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I’m a person. Then maybe I’ll be a great actress.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

I was kind of secretly hoping one of my kids would go out and make a million bucks. So when they put me in a home, at least I’ll have a window with a view.

So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.

God’s Spirit moves through us and the world at a pace that can never be constricted by any one religious paradigm. I love that.

It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

I can make something magical and wonderful out of nothing.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

I had to get rich so I could sing like I was poor again.

Attitude and enthusiasm play a big part in my life. I get excited about the things that inspire me. I also believe in laughing and having a good time.

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.

Man becomes his most creative during war.

Small aim is a crime; have great aim.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

What is the use of writing plays, what is the use of writing anything, if there is not a will which finally moulds chaos itself into a race of gods.

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

Not having hope is not an excuse for not doing something.

I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn’t think I could do anything else. So I read and read and wrote short stories and dreamed of escape.

As a kid, we would drive up and down 77 North – that’s our highway – there would be office buildings on the side of the highway and I’d be like, that’s what my house is going to look like when I get older. I’m going to start making my house look like this.

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

You can draw inspiration from anything. If you’re a good storyteller, you can take a dirty look somebody gives you, or if a guy you used to have flirtations with starts dating a new girl, or somebody you’re casually talking to says something that makes you so mad – you can create an entire scenario around that.

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.