"I quit smoking. I feel better. I smell better. And it's safer to drink out of old beer cans laying around the house."

“Confidence is essential, but ego is not.”

Source : "Sam Mendes’s 25 Rules for Directors". Interview with Bennett Marcus, www.vanityfair.com. March 11, 2014.

“Nothing rekindles my spirits, gives comfort to my heart and mind, more than a visit to Mississippi... and to be regaled as I often have been, with a platter of fried chicken, field peas, collard greens, fresh corn on the cob, sliced tomatoes with French dressing... and to top it all off with a wedge of freshly baked pecan pie.”

“My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London.”

“Something that is appealing is wars are terrible and ugly and hard and each conflict is different, but of every conflict I've ever gone to, I've also seen people being extraordinary in a good sense. It's not just a black and white extreme situation that pushes people to extremes and they do crazy bad stuff. You also see crazy brave stuff. You see humanity in a different light.”

“All the possessions in the world cannot fill an empty heart with love.”

“The relationship between the make-up man and the film actor is that of accomplices in crime”

“If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another. . . . And, if by chance you have a miserable day, you will come home to a bed that is made - that you made - and a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.”

Source : Remarks by Naval Adm. William H. McRaven at the University-wide Commencement at The University of Texas at Austin, news.utexas.edu. May 16, 2014.

“Your most valuable currency is what comes most naturally to you. Cash in!”