Every life has a sound

For better or for worse, music is the language of memory. It is also the language of love.

The only difference between a wish and a prayer is that you're at the mercy of the universe for the first, and you've got some help with the second.

The music we listen to may not define who we are. But it’s a damn good start.

Prayer is like water - something you can't imagine has the strength or power to do any good, and yet give it time and it can change the lay of the land.

You have to understand what you’re missing before you can really feel a loss.

You know how I get angry sometimes? That's because it's the only way I can still feel. And I need to test myself, to make sure I'm really here.

Anxiety's like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you very far.

So you know what mean when I say that I don't think anyone who falls in love has a choice. You're just pulled to that person like true north, whether it's good for you or bound to break your heart.

Better safe than sorry!

All things in the world of Nature are not controlled by Fate for the soul has a principle of its own.

My thoughts are really all I think about.

My early business ventures included growing Christmas trees and breeding birds.

Translation is not a matter of words only: it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture.

You know you're rich when you have to drive for a half hour to get to your house once you're on your property.

Sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great.

Dublin was turning into Disneyland with super-pubs, a Purgatory open till five in the morning.

Are you maximizing your minute or are you making the most of the moment?

If what passed as nonviolence does not enable people to protect the honour of women, or if it does not enable women to protect their own honour, it is not nonviolence.

All human love is a holy thing, the holiest thing in our experience.