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Sometimes I think my husband is so amazing that I don't know why he's with me. I don't know whether I'm good enough. But if I make him happy, then I'm everything I want to be.

What we want to do is make a leapfrog product that is way smarter than any mobile device has ever been, and super-easy to use. This is what iPhone is. OK? So, we're going to reinvent the phone.

Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off.

Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things.

The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either.

I still want to be as approachable and relatable as possible - when I meet fans and they're crying, I'll say, 'Calm down, there's nothing to cry about.'

I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men.

I didn't want o do metal work and get my hands all nicked up and be around guys. So I took drama because there were a lot of girls.

I want to change things for the better, just like everybody else.

I just don't want to live like I used to. And at some point, I'm going to put a gag order on myself in terms of talking about the past. I've got to slam the door and deal with the present and the future.

One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.

You know, out-of-touch liberals like Barack Obama say they want a strong economy, but in everything they do, they show they don't like business very much. But the economy, of course, is simply the product of all the businesses of the nation added together. So it's a bit like saying you like an omelet, but you don't like eggs.

I do understand what it is to not want to commit to someone, knowing that might bring pain or commit to a life that has to do with being responsible to people other than myself. These things, I think, are normal things.

The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's, 'What do people want to tell about themselves?'

We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That's not leadership. That's not going to happen.

Even before I knew I was gay, I knew I didn't want to have a child. I knew I didn't want to have one. I never want to have to release it from me. Listen, I love babies. I love children. And I melt when I'm around them. I also love my freedom and I love that I can sleep at night.

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.

I want to be a figure for prison reform. I think that the criminal justice system is rotten.

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.

I had to act in a school play when I was about ten years old. I really didn't want to do it. But everyone had to do it so I didn't have a choice. A talent agent came and watched it and later gave me some work. It's funny because I'd always known that I wanted a movie career. I just didn't think that I would be in the movies.

I want to see friends more and travel more.

I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to.

I loved writing for kids, I loved talking to children about what I'd written, I don't want to leave that behind.

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.

Songs are about whatever you want them to be about. For me it might mean something completely different than what it means to you. So I'd say it's about whatever the listener thinks it's about.

When the whole world has their eyes on you, if you say something that doesn't truly come from your spirit and your soul, or if you wear something that doesn't come from your spirit and your soul, it's an injustice to your position. And so, I'm really myself every single day and I do it because I know my fans would want me to.

Unfortunately, I think a lot of people are affected more by the idea of fame than the actual work ethic involved. A lot of them just want to be reality TV-type people who don't do anything.

I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.

I don't want to just preach to the church. I feel like I have a broader message.