Some guys look better as they get older.

I should be a postage stamp, because that’s the only way I’ll ever get licked. I’m beautiful. I’m fast. I’m so mean I make medicine sick. I can’t possibly be beat.

Nobody looks like they did when they were 20, so why not take advantage of the fact that you’re changing, emotionally as well as physically?

I walk tall; I got a tall attitude.

I’m a can-do girl.

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.

You are victors, not victims!

When someone bestows something on you, no matter how true it is, when someone says, ‚Sexiest Man Alive,‘ I’m honestly going, ‚Thank you. Right on.‘ For me, it’s never canceled out anything, it’s never made me go, ‚Does this make me less talented of an actor?‘

I thought one should have the attitude of ‚What do you care what other people think!‘

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

I’m too busy acting like I’m not Naive. I’ve seen it all, I was here first.

Sometimes, people can be extraordinarily judgmental and closed-minded to anyone different or special, which is why it’s so hard for young people in this day and age to be comfortable enough in their own skin to not listen to the people picking on them.

To excel at the highest level – or any level, really – you need to believe in yourself, and hands down, one of the biggest contributors to my self-confidence has been private coaching.

For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later.

If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that… I believe in what I do, and I’ll say it.

Everybody wants to be me. What can I say?

I don’t need to be vindicated, and I don’t want attention.

A smart girl leaves before she is left.

Well, I don’t think there’s any need for people to focus on my career.

As I grow up, the lessons I learn in love and relationships and how we treat each other are hopefully maturing – hopefully.

It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one’s children will become than for the children one’s ‚mature‘ critics often are.

What is true belongs to me!

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.

I have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies – I was Armed with Insight.

I know I’m stronger in the songs than I really am. Sometimes I need to hear it myself. We all need to hear those empowering songs to remind us.

Now I am older, I understand we have to accept who we are.

To be honest, I think kids have got a lot more going on than adults. They’ve got their heads screwed on a lot better.

Sure it’s a big job; but I don’t know anyone who can do it better than I can.

I’m odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet.

One is lucky to be born in a place where no one is doing it, because then you can say, ‚Well, obviously I can write better than everyone else in high school.‘ You have no idea of the competition.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.

We should not underestimate ourselves, because if lots of individuals go together then we can accomplish almost anything.

When I was in college I did a lot of stupid things and I don’t want to make an excuse for that. Some of the things that people accuse me of are true, some of them aren’t. There are pranks, IMs.

I will not be triumphed over.

When I cut my hair, the whole sound changed, my style changed.

I’ve never lived my life in the opinion of others. I believe I’m a good person. I believe I’m a good mom. But that’s for my kids to decide, not for the world.

The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.

I don’t dabble and spend much mind or time dealing with, I don’t know, people’s perceptions of me. I truly don’t.

I want the world to see my body.

There’s very little advice in men’s magazines, because men don’t think there’s a lot they don’t know. Women do. Women want to learn. Men think, ‚I know what I’m doing, just show me somebody naked.‘

I consider myself to have one of the greatest voices in the industry.

It was really hard for them to intimidate me. They felt I was intimidating. One of the growers had a name for me: I think it was ‚dragon lady‘ or something like it.

Know that any and all thoughts that you have regarding your own skills, interests, and inclinations are valid. To reinforce the validity of your thoughts, keep them private. Tell yourself that they’re between you and God.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.

I feel matured in a way that I’m happy about. I’m at this other stage in my life – and it’s not a bad thing at all.

For my generation, the bomber jacket is like a replacement for the suit jacket. It’s a piece that men wear every day, and it’s something that I would wear for any occasion, whether it’s on the street or going to an awards ceremony.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

Although I’m only fourteen, I know quite well what I want. I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child. I feel quite independent of anyone.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.

I heard that when Christina Aguilera went back to her prom, people, like, booed her. I can’t imagine going through that. If you know that’s going to happen, why put yourself in that situation? I’d rather play for 20,000 screaming people, you know?

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

I am not handsome or sexy. Of course, it’s not like I am hopeless.

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he’s well dressed. There ain’t much credit in that.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner.

I am a child but I have to think and act like a woman, this business forces you to.