Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress. When you're pissed off at someone and you're angry at them, you just haven't given them enough time. Just give them a little more time and they almost always will impress you.

People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.

Anything is possible, and that’s something we should not lose sight of. The inspiration and the permission to dream is huge.

I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long term.

Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.

Let other people finish their sentences when they’re talking.

He had high hopes for society, and though his hopes were too often dashed, he remained a raging optimist.