All art is in the last analysis an endeavor to condense as out of the flying vapor of the world an image of human perfection, and for its own and not for the art's sake.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

Perhaps the only happily ever after is to survive to tell the story

All philosophy in two words - sustain and abstain.

The ability to conduct is a gift of God with which few have been endowed in full measure.

I can be most colorful and inventive when I am angry.

I know that this story is true.

Other networks seek to interfere with the natural process of chaos. Enlightenment is chaos, complete beyond conception

An ellipsis is a giant ocean of possibilities.

When we take out school psychologists, truant officers, counselors, art, music, and athletics, and bring in the police, the school gets turned into a feeder system for the penal system.

I am really more interested in questions than in giving answers.

There are so many sitcoms. So, when you get to be a part of something that feels exciting to you, you just want to be a part of it.