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And if one loves me for my judgement, memory, he does not love me, for I can lose these qualities without losing myself. Where, then, is this Ego, if it be neither in the body nor in the soul? And how love the body or the soul, except for these qualities which do not constitute me, since they are perishable? For it is impossible and would be unjust to love the soul of a person in the abstract and whatever qualities might be therein. We never, then, love a person, but only qualities. Let us, then, jeer no more at those who are honoured on account of rank and office; for we love a person only on account of borrowed qualities.

We live in a changing world, but we need to be reminded that the important things have not changed, and the important things will not change if we keep our priorities in proper order.

Time never wait for your arguments

It turns out that I've become a pretty good werewolf actor. I'm going to have to try to get myself into a different position, at some point in the future, but I'll take werewolf. Werewolf is pretty damn fun to play.

Most of the people in Ghana wouldn't know me as an actress. They'd know me for my work at the U.N.

No, I was not into cake fails before hosting 'Nailed It.'

There is a cure for anti-aging that actually works - it's called lifelong learning.

If you don't start playing by my rules, you'll be lucky to be licking stamps in some lowly, legal aid office.

It's interesting that Swiss banks also hide their assets from the Swiss by using offshore bank structuring.

The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.

I didn't get the degree because in my last year, for my thesis film I made a feature called Permanent Vacation and they'd given me a scholarship, the Louis B Mayer fellowship and they made a mistake.

I love producing shows. And so when you're on a show where other people are making decisions you don't necessarily agree with it, after a while you start to feel like a passenger.

It is amazing when two people can mean so much to each other. When the happiness of the other person means your own happiness. And the sadness of the other person means your own sadness.

Even when safety guidelines and regulations are in place, the rate of chemicals acceptable by law may be far higher than what is genuinely safe.

The only thing I know about being Asian is that my hair is black and my eyelashes are straight and I have strange eyebrows.

Poisons and medicine are oftentimes the same substance given with different intents.

Popularity is totally overrated.

Poets and painters are outside the class system, or rather they constitute a special class of their own, like the circus people and the gypsies.

In my experience, it's not just that serious books get a hearing on comedy shows. But serious books get a serious hearing, as well as a funny one, on comedy shows.

An empty mind is a devils workshop and a spiritual mind is full of promise and can achieve everything in life including Happiness, Peace and Contentment.