“You always pass failure on your way to success.”

“Everything is about looking for happiness and God. That was a sentiment shared by my dear friend Ronald Reagan.”

“Always get married in the morning. That way if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted the whole day.”

“There are people who think they know everything about everything. What they don't know is that every moment is a learning moment.”

“I'm the only man in the world with a marriage licence made out to whom it may concern.”

“I didn't want to be short. I've tried to pretend that being a short guy didn't matter. I tried to make up for being short by affecting a strut, by adopting the voice of a much bigger man, by spendi...”

“She has her own brand of strength,brought to the surface by the dim glow of the streetlight and the whisper of night air on her skin.”

“The toddler must say no in order to find out who she is. The adolescent says no to assert who she is not.”

“You label somebody 'New Age,' and that's automatic mockery: 'She cannot possibly be a serious thinker.'”

“Every singer eventually gets around to a Christmas disc.”

“I was a wedding singer as a teenager.”

“I grew up watching my dad be a singer, so it's something I've always been interested in.”

“Knowing it and seeing it are two different things.”

“Believe me, It would be better if we didn't meet again. Go back to school. Go back to your life. And next time they ask you, say no. Killing is for grown-ups and you're still a child.”

“My name is Percy Jackson. I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York.Am I a troubled kid?Yeah. Y...”