Every bonsaidreams of being a tall tree - until the wind blows

In the world there exists no aesthetic plane, not even the aesthetic plane of goodness.

It is a predisposition of human nature to consider an unpleasant idea untrue, and then it is easy to find arguments against it.

What happens to those who live dangerously by being true to who they are?

The usefulness of a man or woman of God relies on the ability to remain distinct.

Smartphones can relay patients' data to hospital computers in a continuous stream. Doctors can alter treatment regimens remotely, instead of making patients come in for a visit.

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'

Music is soaking up things that I see in other people or things that go on in my life, and I put it out there in the form of a song.

This country wants to live in the illusion that it is tolerant but also wants to be able to practice intolerance.

For the young people could not talk. And why should they? Shout, embrace, swing, be up at dawn.

Throughout my early career, I would write from five to ten in the morning every day before going to my office, a habit that has stayed with me since.