All men live in suffering I know as few can know, Whether they take the upper road Or stay content on the low.

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.

If you can write, paint, or compose without fear, pain, tears or questions, then you are either very blessed or very bland.

Here have I come to die, ' he said, 'and where else could I ask to die but in your arms?

I'll never play a drum solo you can't dance to.

It is at least 10 times more difficult to get a good synthesiser sound than on an acoustic instrument.

I don't regret any decisions I've made in my life.

I guess I suffer from an impoverishment of the sociopathic spirit necessary to go big time.

No one spends someone elses money as carefully as he spends his own.

Dean: If there is a greater power, why is it he can't get you a new sweater? Jamie: Because, he's too busy looking for your brain.

As soon as you think you know Clint Eastwood, you don't know Clint Eastwood.

Israel lost its war. Will Assad's enemies lose, too?