I like Lady Gaga because I like that she pushes the envelope.

You can't change the past so don't let it haunt you. You can change the future but first you've got to want to.

If at any moment of the day I ever think I'm remotely cool at all, which is hardly ever, I have two daughters who make sure that never happens.

We live and learn from our mistakes, the deepest cuts are healed by faith.

You're a heartbreaker, dream maker, love taker, don't you mess around with me.

With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice.

You shouldn't have to pay for your love with your bones and your flesh.

You're the Picasso of pain.

Love and pain become one and the same in the eyes of a wounded child.

But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent.

If you're retired, it's a blessing. You know, if you want to keep working and doing what you want to do, it's not a blessing as all - it's a curse.

You've been so used to fighting Wars with a gun in your hand that you forget to put it down. Not every fight requires a weapon of some kind, and not everything is a fight.

How good would a Good Samaritan be, if a Good Samaritan would only intend to do good?

Imitate the sun. Don't worry if people understand you. Just shine shine shine.

Religion is the worst thing that ever happened to mankind - the ironic part is that it's presented as a good thing, and its effect is absolutely catastrophic to individuals and to societies.

I originally worked as an archaeologist in North Carolina, and when bones were found police would take them out to the bones lady at the university, and that was me.

Boughton says he has more ideas about heaven every day. He said, "Mainly I just think about the splendors of the world and multiply by two. I'd multiply by ten or twelve if I had the energy.

There is definitely openness to others' suffering that is dealt not with distress but with compassion.

You were the best thing in my life … I did love you. I do. As much as I’ve ever loved anyone, as much as I can. It feels like a lot – it takes up my whole heart.

In the great scheme of things, what matters is not how long you live but why you live, what you stand for and what you are willing to die for.

More scientific language and less diplomatic rhetoric may make this world even better.