"Shared leadership... is less like a an orchestra, where the conductor is always in charge, and more like a jazz band, where leadership is passed around ... depending on what the music demands at the moment and who feels most moved by the spirit to express the music."

“It is so important to me to have my time away from hockey. Obviously, hockey is my passion; I love it. But definitely for me, time away from the rink and time when my mind isn't thinking about hockey is important.”

“They ask me what the biggest thing I have going on right now is, and I usually say, "I think this interview?" And then they don't get that it's a joke. So then I say, Yogi Bear 3D. That's my default.”

Source : "Because T.J. Miller is a Funny Functioning Drunk". Interview with Amos Barshad, www.gq.com. July 27, 2011.

“Too often we are scared. Scared of what we might not be able to do. Scared of what people might think if we tried. We let fears stand in the way of our hopes. We say no when we want to say yes. We sit quietly when we want to scream. And we shout with the others, When we should keep our mouths shut. Why? After all, we do only go around once. There's really no time to be afraid. JUST DO IT.”

“The mountains inspire me because they are just still and they have such a strong, quiet presence that feels very old.”

“All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. All intellectual and artistic ambitions are permissible, up to and even beyond the limit of prudent sanity. They can hurt no one.”

“Americans have a severe disease — worse than AIDS. It's called the winner's complex.”

Source : "Gorbachev: 'Americans Have a Severe Disease'". Interview with Claire Shipman, abcnews.go.com. July 12, 2006.

“I think it is kind of depressing how few female filmmakers there are. I think it is in general depressing how few women there are in ... important positions in society”

“Our fears can cause us to miss out on a lot of experiences and golden opportunities. Don't let your fears rob you of your life.”

Source : FaceBook post by James Van Praagh from Jan 31, 2015