I think every entertainer’s had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can’t remember everything all the time, and especially if you’re having hard times personally, things going on that you – you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.

I get nervous for everything – literally everything.

I don’t like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.

I was in a terrible mess in my childhood.

There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl’s complexion.

It’s what counts, isn’t it, on the Sunday, rather than pre-season testing. If you lock up, you do a little mistake, it’s nothing, but if you do it on Sunday, you lose a place or you have to box for a flat spot or something like that. It’s a much bigger problem.

The man who has no problems is out of the game.

I know that a large part of my fan base is gay. They’ve shown me love from the start. I mean in this industry, everyone from my glam people to my dancers are gay. You can’t be homophobic in this line of work – I’m a pop star!

I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It’s good for them.

Losing is not an option in Kolkata. It’s not easy, a lot of players even quit.

Acting is a question of absorbing other people’s personalities and adding some of your own experience.

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.

Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not ‚yours,‘ not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you.

The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.

Many entrepreneurs do not realize that many of the problems their businesses face today began yesterday, long before there was a business.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‚to do‘ list.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists.

I like to take it easy.

I don’t think people should be encouraged to look like Kate Moss; I think that’s unreasonable. I think the normal human body should be glorified. By the same token, if you need a stick to wash yourself, you’re not healthy.

I support Real Madrid. I’m a big fan of Cristiano Ronaldo.

My reputation grows with every failure.

I have a big gay and lesbian following and they’ve been very loyal and kind to me.

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

I have survivor’s curiosity, I guess.

It’s always a struggle growing up in Akron.

One thing I just want to say to the military families – while you might not wear a uniform, I know – we all know, the nation knows – that you serve and sacrifice right alongside of your loved ones. And we are so grateful and proud of all of you for your service to this nation.

It’s never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride.

In the brute physical world, and the one encompassed by medicine, there are all too many things that could kill you, don’t kill you, and then leave you considerably weaker.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

When the people you love are gone, you’re alone.

Exceptionally hard decisions can deplete your energy to the point at which you finally cave in. If you mentally crumble and degenerate into negative thinking, you’ll magnify the problem to the point where it can haunt you.

Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.

There’s people that tried to celebrate when I lost that got nothing to do with it. That’s not the sign of a champion.

What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.

I’m sure like everyone else I’m not always the happiest if I don’t do a good job in quali or the race or whatever, so I think beating myself up sometimes makes me work harder.

You might be tough, but you can only be so tough for so long, you know what I mean? The brain can only take so much damage. The body can only take so much damage.

My role 14 years ago in Richard III – that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it – they have all the fun!

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

The experience of pain or loss can be a formidably motivating force.

There are certain things that bother me and certain things that don’t. Personal attacks on me? I think I’m just so used to it.

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.

Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.

For many people who are so lost in their minds, so much involved in their thought processes, the only moments they have when they are not trapped in that is when they are relating to their animal, their pet.

I’m crazy, but I’m not too crazy.

When you’re in comedy, people always come up and say, ‚Oh, it must be so hard.‘ It really isn’t hard unless you’re not good at it. If you can do it, its really kind of fun and easy.

While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and with continued unity of effort, we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources, intelligence and character of the people of the United States – that is, prosperity.

If the structures of the human mind remain unchanged, we will always end up re-creating the same world, the same evils, the same dysfunction.

First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us – especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.

At the start of the season, there are 16 teams in the top division looking behind them, making sure they avoid relegation. The fear starts in the boardroom, comes down to managers and through to players. The fans sense it.

If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it’s the restaurant business.

Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong.

Each day provides its own gifts.