Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls--the World.

The heart will break, but broken live on.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.

There is no instinct like that of the heart.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

It is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake.

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

Be beautiful for yourself, Janie. And only if you want to. If a man is worthy of you, he’ll see more beauty in who you are than in what you look like.

Children are the most honest critics. They will say 'You're funny', but also 'You're pathetic - go away.'

Man I wouldn't want to be in [MGK's] position right now ... He's just oblivious to what's going on.

I had a good time doing ["The Congressman"], and I hope that Treat [Williams] and I plan to go flying in his [private] jet!

I believe in the old and sound rule that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood.

When I make my own music, there is no external producer. I just do everything as quickly as possible. I try not to overthink things.

My child has done nothing wrong apart from being born to a mother like me

She's a legend. She's really huge in the Czech Republic. Everywhere, actually.

Most business models have focused on self interest instead of user experience. Those are the kinds of problems we solve to solve.