Paul Reiser

"Philosophy is just people asking 'why?' in increasingly complicated ways."

"Literature lets us live a thousand lives without leaving our chair."

"Politics would be funny if it didn't affect real people's lives so directly."

"War is what happens when people stop listening to each other."

"Motivation comes and goes, but discipline stays with you if you build it."

"Inspiration is like lightning - you can't force it, but you can make yourself available for it."

"Solitude is different from loneliness - one is a choice and one is a condition."

"The strongest friendships are the ones that survive long periods of not talking."

"Hope is a choice you make every single morning when you wake up."

"Courage isn't the absence of fear - it's doing what matters despite the fear."

"Change is the only constant, so you might as well get comfortable with it."

"Education is important, but the real learning happens after you stop going to school."

"Knowledge is only useful if you do something with it."

"Peace starts with accepting the things you can't change and working on the things you can."

"Wisdom often looks like common sense, but it's actually just experience talking."

"Strength isn't about muscles - it's about showing up even when you're tired."

"You know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?"

"The key to a good relationship is communication, but nobody tells you how exhausting that is."

"I think we're all just making it up as we go along, pretending we know what we're doing."

"Life is like a TV show - sometimes you're the lead, sometimes you're in the background."

"The older you get, the more you realize how little you actually know."

"Happiness is finding someone who laughs at your jokes, even the bad ones."

"We spend our whole lives worrying about things that never happen."

"Success is just failure that hasn't happened yet - you keep going anyway."

"Family is the people who have to love you, which is why you can be completely yourself with them."

"Time doesn't heal everything, but it does make you stop thinking about it so much."

"The best moments in life are the ones you don't see coming."

"Friendship is when someone knows all your flaws and still wants to hang out."

"Change is inevitable, but your attitude about it is your choice."

"Hope is what keeps you trying when everything seems impossible."