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To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning.

I want to look good when people see me.

When your mother asks, "Do you want a piece of advice?" it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.

You call yourself what you want to call yourself.

The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

I want people to treat me as normally as they can. Anybody who doesn't, I feel awkward with.

There is nothing on earth that could ever make me want to relive certain years of my life when I was young.

Having a second chance makes you want to work even harder.

If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.

I can only hope to be 10 percent of the mom mine was to me. She encouraged me to be confident and enjoy life. That's what I want for my son.

We're not a political band. We don't want to tell people what to do or what to think. We just want to tell them to think.

Beyond just writing about falling in love and out of love and wanting to do certain things and going out and partying and all the things that I grew up writing about, I want to write about deeper things.

These terrorists aren't trying to kill us because we offended them. They attack us because they want to impose their view of the world on as many people as they can, and America is standing in their way.

And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you're going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them.

I definitely want kids and I want four kids, for sure. But I need to find a husband first!

I say to people who care for people who are dying, if you really love that person and want to help them, be with them when their end comes close. Sit with them - you don't even have to talk. You don't have to do anything but really be there with them.

I want to live forever, and I know I won't. I'm not afraid of dying. I'm only afraid of one thing: not being able to raise my kids.

I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running.

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.

I always like to win. But I'm the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I don't have anything. It's hard. I love her too much. That's what counts.

I realized what Led Zeppelin was about around the end of our first U.S. tour. We started off not even on the bill in Denver, and by the time we got to New York we were second to Iron Butterfly, and they didn't want to go on!

I love acting, but being an actor for hire only serves so much, and then you want to fill your well up again and be charged by something else.

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

I don't think many actors are the best judge of careers. I think generally we have good instincts about what we can do in terms of acting. And often they become directors, which I don't want to be.

I don't want to be understood because if people understand me, they get tired of me.

If you have issues with family, friends, and people at work, try and solve these issues head on so you can move on and concentrate on having the life you want. Think about what you can do so that you are happy with yourself - for instance, eating right to feel great and energetic.

Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't want to be an architectural firm. I want to remain an artist.