"The thing that goes the farthest towards making life worth while, That costs the least, and does the most, is just a pleasant smile."

“Winnowing is more like a trip to the confessional...transparent & vulnerable without being sentimental. These songs have elements that are more like prayers & pleas for faith. They're questionings and wrangling in the dark about the journey.”

“Take all reasonable advantage of that which the present may offer you. It is the only time which is ours. Yesterday is buried forever, and to-morrow we may never see.”

“When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.”

“My answer to a lot of things is to go to work. That's not everybody's answer.”

Source : Biography/Person Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Some very plausible stuff is being written by women in a way that most men are not doing.”

“Our real debt ceiling isn't decided by Washington; it's decided by Beijing.”

“You know, it's flattering when there's a rumor that says I'm bisexual. It means I can play more kinds of roles. I'm open to whatever people want to call me. I've never really been attracted to men sexually, but I don't think I would be afraid of it if it happened.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Joseph Smith visited me a great deal after his death, and taught me many important principles. . . . Among other things, he told me to get the Spirit of God; that all of us needed it. . . . He said, "I want you to teach the people to get the Spirit of God. You cannot build up the Kingdom of God without that." . . . But how is it with the Holy Ghost? The Holy Ghost does not leave me if I do my duty. It does not leave any man who does his duty.”