"Every failure made me more confident. Because I wanted even more to achieve as revenge, to show that I could."

“Dogs give us something just as we give something to them.”

Source : "Suspect". Book by Robert Crais, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 17, 2013.

“Christ bounds and terminates the vast desires of the soul; He is the very Sabbath of the soul.”

“Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.”

Source : Song: Before You Accuse Me, Album: Journeyman, 1989

“On a scale from 1-10, my ambition is probably 11 or 12.”

Source : "Q&A with T. Boone Pickens". Interview with Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. June 19, 2011.

“One curator said he didn't want my work in his gallery because it was so simple even children understood it. I thought, what a wonderful tribute!”

“I am deeply grateful to the President and to my country. ... To come from Cincinnati, Ohio, for God's sake, then to go to Hollywood, and to get this kind of tribute from my country. ... I love this country so much.”

“I believe that we all have the potential to love any human being, and that just love who you wish and celebrate it the best you can.”

“If you have fun doing something, you also take it seriously.”

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