Ay me! for aught that ever I could read, could ever hear by tale or history, the course of true love never did run smooth.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Writing is like trying to escape quicksand. The harder you try the faster you sink.

Nothing’s boring if it’s in your soul…

I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.

Don't buy into the notion that mistakes can somehow be avoided. They can't be.

I have way too many songs that have music but don't have lyrics.

Please keep an open mind and let me have my day in court.

Americans get very simple explanations of what happens to them.

Have fun doing whatever it is that you desire to accomplish. Learn it one step at a time, emphasizing the fundamentals, and do it because you love it, not because it's work.

This capacity to go beyond the factors of conditioning is one of the obvious advantages of the human person.

The atmosphere of fear and security manipulated by the government has converted American citizens into terrorist suspects who are all subject to arbitrary and unreviewable detention and surveillance.