A.Z. Black Quotes

The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like.

You were born a child of light’s wonderful secret— you return to the beauty you have always been.

I have sat here at my desk, day after day, night after night, a blank sheet of paper before me, unable to lift my pen, trembling and weeping too.

Know the Power that is Peace.

I was four years old then, and I think it must have been the next summer that I first heard the voices.

I recommend that everyone in their youth be as out of shape as possible so that when you turn 40, people can go, "Wow, you look much better now."

The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach.

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to... bare the secrets of government and inform the people.

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political wind.

You realize that for all the shenanigans that go on in the big circus of politics, everybody wakes up and goes to work.

Well it has been very exciting and very changing as well. Celebrating the 40th year and having the album out and the Channel 4 documentary and I resigned from Blind Date.

I played, like, a year of piano until I learned the 'Pink Panther' theme. That was my goal. Once I was good enough, I quit. Now my music has to have some rock.

When you compare Christmas to Hanukkah, there's no comparison. Christmas is great. Hanukkah sucks! First night you get socks. Second night, an eraser, a notebook. It's a Back-to-School holiday!

You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual. Most of them are mangled and even have made up stuff in them, that is to say, made up stuff by the writer or editor.

It's absolutely stupid that we live without an ozone layer. We have men, we've got rockets, we've got saran wrap - fix it!

At the heart of happiness lies peace. It is the last and the highest attainment of the soul.

The Republicans are the party of bad ideas. The Democrats are the party of no ideas.

Looking for work sounds almost as bad as finding it.

I call for a collective adventure in generalized joy and freely interdependent exuberance.

Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of thing long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief.

I did smoke a joint once but I did not enjoy it.

Given the genocidal belligerence of Iranian threats against Israel, it is hard to take issue with Israel's right to preemptive self-defense.

I wanted to be the perfect artist. I'd do three hours of media interviews a day, going to every radio station I could squeeze in. I'd sign autographs after the show until everybody left.

What a lover’s heart knows let no man’s brain dispute.

You know. I don't think I'm gonna be Jewish for very long.

Nyquil comes in two colors, red and green, and it's the only thing on the planet that tastes like red and green.

I feel as if you're saying that DJ is not a real job.

There's nothing you can really do to prepare to rock. Do you prepare to eat a delicious meal? Are you hungry? Then you're gonna eat it.

I've always really liked theater. It fascinated me. You can create a reality and get people involved in that reality. It takes place in real time.

The lesson which wars and depressions have taught is that if we want peace, prosperity and happiness at home we must help to establish them abroad.

Action is the difference-make r. Remember that. If you’re ready to take a big step forward, seek an open door as if your life depended on it. When you find it, go in bold and make it count.

Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.

In the end, a theory is accepted not because it is confirmed by conventional empirical tests, but because researchers persuade one another that the theory is correct and relevant.

Every place is the center of the world.

The power of a thing or an act is in the meaning and the understanding.

I love playing strong women, even if theyre nuts.

Put your puppet on the throne." said Talathain. "You may make her Queen but she won’t be Queen for long.

There’s nothing like a gunshot to make you the life of the party.

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first.

I'd rather be the king of kids, than the prince of fools.

If you stop eating donutes you will live 3 years longer.It's just 3 more years that you want a donut. < . ) < .

The one thing I think we learned this year is that the Democrats and the Republicans are completely worthless.

Can somebody explain to me why Pepsi and Coke advertise? Are we missing something? Seriously, everyone in this room has drank enough Pepsi and Coke in their lifetime they could piss it for a week.

Interesting thing about being rich is once you pay your taxes, you're still rich.

Now, they say that New Zealand is beautiful and I do not know -- because after 22 hours on a plane any landmass would be beautiful.

Do you know what 'meteorologist' means in English? It means liar.

If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.

When I said I do, I meant that I will, 'till the end of all time.

There are two things I know about life... Only the good die young but the real jerks will live forever.

It's a shame cars don't run on cognitive dissonance.