“Think of what's stored in an 80- or a 90-year-old mind. Just marvel at it. You've got to get out this information, this knowledge, because you've got something to pass on. There'll be nobody like you ever again. Make the most of every molecule you've got as long as you've got a second to go. That's your charge.”

“Love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep on watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.”

“Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got.”

“Citizenship is not something that you can outsource! ...We've got to do the work ourselves, and you've got to know, and you've got to talk to people.”

“There are lessons to life
That the lovers got to learn
There are corners out there
You know they're waitin' somewhere
And you've got to be prepared to turn
There are callouses that come
That the lovers got to earn
In the years of your youth
You can't be fire proof
You know you've got to get burned.”

“You've got to go through it to get to the end of it.”

“You love someone, you've got to let something go.”

“You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.”

“Happiness is making the most of what you have, and riches is making the most of what you've got.”

“When your time is up, your time is up, and you've just got to pray to God that you've done something worthwhile with your life.”