-Do you think artists are supposed to be happy? -Everyone is supposed to be. -I said staunchly, and I knew that I was indeed an idiot and that was my destiny and I didn't mind it

The problem is simply finding the right person. Ask Plato. Just make sure she finishes your thoughts and you finish hers. That's all you need.

I believe in walking out of a museum before the paintings you've seen begin to run together. How else can you carry anything away with you in your mind's eye?

Faith is simply whatever is real to us.

My guess is that he remembers some of me, some of us together, and the rest rolled off him like topsoil in a flash flood.

And how could anyone consent to give up the smell of open books, old or new?

In the end, I always act from the heart, even if I also value reason and tradition. I wish I could explain why, but I don't know.

Create a vision for the life you really want and then work relentlessly towards making it a reality.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

I was always holding onto people, and they were always leaving.

The oligarchs do not care what justice is, only what seems just. They do not care what mercy is, only what appears merciful. Thus justice and mercy will always escape them.

Without class differences, England would cease to be the living theatre it is.

For more than a half a century, we know that we prospered because of a bipartisan consensus on defense and foreign policy. We must do more than return to that sensible, cooperative approach.

Worry increases pressure; prayer releases peace.

One hundred rounds do not constitute fire power. One hit constitutes fire power.

Friends don't let Jackasses drink and drive.

Even though I'm a leftist. I think the left eats its own.