I'm happy some of the time, and some of the time I'm not. But like when I see a movie, for example, that I really like, that moves me or whatever, it's usually happy and sad at the same time.

Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail.

I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place.

But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.

Theres a bunch of Elvis Costello records that made all the difference between feeling like a total freak and feeling like ... only a freak. A freak among other freaks

I didn't have a hard time making it. I had a hard time letting it go.

Everything means nothing to me

I truly hope the future will bring me something to feel nostalgic about, because there's really nothing much so far I can remember fondly.

Somewhere where people aren't so mad would be nice, but I don't know if there is anywhere like that.

Music is worth doing just because. It doesn’t have to be justified by some political point of view, and it’s kind of insulting to the music to make it a tool for something else.

Haven't laughed this hard in a long time. I better stop now before I start crying. Go off to sleep in the sunshine...I don't want to see the day when its dying.

Failure is almost always success wrapped in a blanket of redo possibilities... It is up to you to reframe the outcome ~bns

Emil Fischer represents a symbol of Germany's greatness.

The only causes of regret are laziness outbursts of temper hurting others prejudice jealousy and envy.

Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it harder to work when they're not around. Too much free time!

The real difference between relationship politics and transactional politics is loyalty. [Barack] Obama doesn't seem to expect it.

Art is eternally young, but the poet ages. If only he remained as young as art! If only it aged with him!

Hubert Humphrey with kids"Be clear where America stands. Human brotherhood and equal opportunity for every man, woman, and child, we are committed to it, in America and around the world."

We've learned more from the newspapers sometimes than we do from our open hearings, for sure.

They scored too early.

Instead of seeking success we should look for fulfillment. And fulfillment is giving total attention to the process of living.