“Is listening important? I can’t think of a single walk of life where it wouldn’t be.”

Studies have shown kids have a greater chance for lifelong success if they know how to read by the third grade.

You are never too old to have a revelation.

There is tangible fear in the unknown, but we can all do our part and take steps to help.

I’ve learned that with all the advantages that come with being a grown up comes responsibility. Responsibility to be true to yourself, responsibility to honor those who came before you and responsibility to those who will come after you.

Write something insightful. Say Morgan Freeman said it. Win at internet.

Audiences believe what you believe. It’s a matter of believing yourself. If I believe me, then you’ve got no choice. None at all.

So if I believe in God, and I do, it’s because I think I’m God.

When you have made your choice, it is providence that is your guide. Good, bad, or indifferent. Your fate lies in that.

Just that working with Clint again is like coming home.

Proud to live in a world where someone who looks like me can be president.

Is there a movie I think I should have won the Oscar for? Yeah. All of them.

We all have a part to play in the story of change.

Life often can feel like shifting sands, but if we choose to pivot with it, there is a revelation that we are not the same people we used to be.

The trick to any profession is making it look easy.

Did you just call me old? I really prefer the word ‘experienced’.

I don’t get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe.

You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.

Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

The more you discover, the more you feel, until it becomes a part of you.

The ones that hate you most tend to be the people you know.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

There was at time in my life where all I wanted was a relationship, and I thought that was the most important thing.

Loneliness is something that either runs your life or it ruins your life.

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.