Fear gives sudden instincts of skill.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

My mother agreed to aid my abuse of alcohol but only if I promised never to tell my newly converted Mormon sister, whose identity I had stolen.

I think family dynamics are definitely very interesting. And in my case my sister did get married. She gave my parents a grandchild.

Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?

We're not going to be the coolest rock stars in the world. We're trying to be good musicians.

It's amazing to me that we let humans drive cars... It's a bug that cars were invented before computers.

I got Twitter like two months ago, checked it out a bit more, and I concluded the only thing Twitter I'm interested in following is Nick Stoller.

When you're a touring musician, you're always turning over new rocks and there's always a certain level of tension in your life.

Being a woman anywhere is dangerous.

The more dependent you are, the more ignorant you must be, and that's how they want you.

A city should be built to give its inhabitants security and happiness