Ray Romano

"Life is about showing up. That's eighty percent of it."

"I've learned that the best relationships are built on honesty, even when it's uncomfortable."

"Kids don't come with instructions. If they did, I'd probably lose the manual on day one."

"Success isn't about being the funniest person in the room. It's about making people feel something."

"The fear of failure is what keeps most people from trying anything worthwhile."

"You spend so much time trying to be like everyone else, you forget who you actually are."

"Patience isn't about waiting. It's about what you do while you're waiting."

"The hardest part of comedy is knowing when to stop talking."

"I think everybody struggles with self-doubt. Some people just hide it better than others."

"Family is the only thing that matters in the end. Everything else is just noise."

"You learn more from your failures than you ever will from your successes."

"The moment you stop trying to impress people is the moment you become interesting."

"I believe in second chances, maybe even third ones."

"Happiness is not a destination, it's what happens when you're paying attention to your life."

"The things that scare you the most are usually the things worth doing."

"Love is messy. If it's not, you're probably not doing it right."

"I've never understood why people want to be famous. It just seems exhausting."

"Time moves faster the older you get, which is cruel and unfair."

"The best advice I ever got was from someone I can't even remember."

"Being a parent teaches you more about yourself than anything else ever could."

"I think we're all just doing our best and hoping nobody notices we have no idea what we're doing."

"The only way to really understand someone is to listen to them without planning what you'll say next."

"Success and happiness aren't the same thing. In fact, they're usually opposite things."

"I've learned that staying quiet is sometimes the smartest thing you can do."

"People are more afraid of change than they are of anything else."

"The beauty of getting older is that you care less about what people think."

"Every relationship teaches you something, even if it's what not to do."

"I think laughter might be the closest thing we have to healing."

"The person you are at twenty is not who you'll be at forty. Be patient with yourself."

"Creativity comes from necessity, not from having everything figured out."