In this business (showbiz) it takes time to be really good and by that time, you're obsolete.

It hurts when you lose a friend to death, it hurts even more when you lose a friend still living.

What you learn from others you can use to follow.What you learn for yourself you can use to lead.

Never ask an elf for help; they might decide your better off dead, eh?" (Orik) (Eldest) (Page 207)

Who are they to give stars or dots? They're Wemmicks just like you."Eli to Punchinello (p. 25)

When a man plays with your heart it is for one of two reasons: He knows he can or he is undecided.

If you truly loved someone you won't become their enemy. You will become their guardian angel.

Coaching 101: First you build the team, and then you build the torture chamber for underperformers.

Really, he thought, if you couldn't trust a poet to offer sensible advice, who could you trust?

It just seemed to me, that if you valued a thing, you found ways to keep it from being compromised.

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

Lesson learned: If a guy tells you you’re his second choice, don’t make him your first.

I always pass on good advice, it is the only thing to do with it.It is never of any use to oneself.

If you enjoy sticking a straw in a dog's ear, don't sit next to the pooch with a milkshake.

On your birthday you should throw me a party. This is my advice for everybody, especially my clones.