Earnestness is highly underestimated. It comes from the core, while hip is trying to impress you on the surface.

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

I'm sorry. It's my fault. How do I make it right?

We keep what is valuable to us, what we cherish.

The fact that fashion goes out of fashion and then comes back into fashion based solely on what a few people somewhere think they can sell, well to me, that’s insanity.

Be willing to apologize. Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I'm sorry that I hurt you. 3) How do I make it better? It's the third part that people tend to forget. Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.

Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.