I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

It is not easy to be crafty and winsome at the same time, and few accomplish it after the age of six.

Wit is far more often a shield than a lance.

I'll never be bothered if I don't have a hit because you look at the songs that are hits and they're none of my favourites. Just the fact that we do have fans waiting here, that's exciting enough.

If someone's 20 years old and every third line out of their mouth is anti-something specific, then draw your own conclusion.

Death is the only inescapable, unavoidable, sure thing. We are sentenced to die the day we're born.

Resolved, to endeavor to obtain for myself as much happiness, in the other world, as I possibly can.

Music makes me forget myself, my true condition, it carries me off into another state of being, one that isn't my own.

Ever since I was little, I’ve loved making hand-made cards and presents and arts & crafts for people.

An industrious sinner I much prefer to a lazy saint.

Jeez Louise. I know why rich people are so thin: it's from trekking around their humongous houses the whole time.