Americans refused to see accidents as accidental. They did not comprehend they while tragedy always exacts a formidable price, it rarely incurs a debt.

There are times that all you need is someone who will listen to you without judging you — not telling you what you should have done or should do, but simply, listening to you

Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way of sinking into your feet.

we make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers

Few things look as unstable as the rock-solid certainties of previous ages.

I think the best thing for us is to just write songs that we like.

I awoke, only to see that the rest of the world is still asleep.

I don't want kids listening to my music thinking it's for their parents. I want them to feel it's theirs.

It opens our eyes to many quite weird possibilities about disease that most medical scientists, tending to be unaware of current evolutionary thought, don't think of.

I would not like a king who could obey.

Stillborn silence! thou that art Flood-gate of the deeper heart!