Glad tidings to the one who leaves the world before it leaves him, prepares for his grave before he enters it, and pleases his Lord before he meets Him.

Say what you wanna say and let the words fall out

In America nature is autocratic, saying, "I am not arguing, I am telling you.

A democratically elected congressman of the United States of America should not be talking of an ethnic divide in Afghanistan, should not be interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs.

I want to be ripped apart by music.

When you coordinate your mind and body, you have unlimited access to the wisdom of the universe.

I think there are presences out there that we can't see or directly communicate with that have benevolent influence on us. Whether they're angels or something else, I'm not sure.

I'm not one who can write out a speech and remember all the names of the people that you need to thank because you need to thank all of those people.

If everything is important, then nothing is.

A stately pleasure-dome decree.

I cannot pretend to do sculpture and make a woman the ridiculous pedestal of my pretensions. To render clothing poetic, yes--but one must preserve its dignity as clothing.