“Hope doesn't mean anything…. Action's the only thing that counts.”

“The Devil doesn't make us do anything. The Devil, for example, doesn't make us mean. Rather, when we're mean, we make the Devil. Literally. Our actions create him. Conversely, when we behave with compassion, generosity, and grace, we create God in the world.”

“She has been hanging on to the hope of him for so long that she doesn't realize there isn't anything left to hope for.”

“Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment.”

“Just because a person is beautiful doesn't mean there's no soul beneath. Doesn't mean that person hasn't suffered like everyone else, doesn't mean they don't hope to still be a good human being in an awful world.”

“The only recognizable feature of hope is action.”

“One has to be able to count, if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty.”

“Books are cool, but knowledge without mileage doesn't mean anything to me.”

“Thinking does not change anything, only actions.”

“Of course, a sign doesn't mean anything unless you know how to interpret it.”