I don't fight the suburban areas or collar counties. I get along with them; they're former Chicagoans anyway.

If you cut funding to libraries, you cut the lifeblood of our communities.

I've given it my all. I've done my best. Now, I'm ready with my family to begin the next phase of our lives.

Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it?

We are going to sign a treaty with Mexico. We are competing internationally. We need another international airport for international cargo, international travel, international businesses.

The more killing and homicides you have, the more havoc it prevents.

Silence before being born, silence after death: life is nothing but noise between two unfathomable silences.

Propensities and principles must be reconciled by some means.

If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.

With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world. We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.

From a self-conscious standpoint, it's hard to see myself on a screen in a way that isn't just me playing music or doing something silly.

When I go back and reread the stuff, I'm always floored by how deeply personal and revealing it actually is.

Time may heal all wounds, but it does not erase the scars.

If it's on the Internet, then it's gotta be true.

I have crystals all around my home, both inside and out.

Love is, after all, a curse of suffering.