I'm not extra'd out. I got a cool little vinyl collection.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

No religion, I'm just so explicit, I coexist in places you would never know existed.

I'm just a demon that means well. Freelance for God, but do the work of Satan.

I say 'cuz' around Bloods, and I say 'blood' around Crips...I'm twisted. Got Mary, got Lucy, got Molly: that's wifey, girlfriend and mistress.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

The universe bends to a still mind, peace be still.

It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression, 'As pretty as an airport.

The trick is that as long as you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.

We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.

...something was starting to take shape, out of magic and will. Smoke and bone.

Inherent in every intention and desire is the mechanics for its fulfillment. And when we introduce an intention in our pure potentiality, we put this infinite organizing power to work for us.

A boy is not free to find a partner of his own as long as he must be the partner to his mother.

There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth.

I was always opinionated.

Dead bodies are such trouble,” Evie said with a little sigh, and Mabel had to turn her head away so as not to laugh.

My future starts when I wake up every morning.

What a sad thing men are. Can’t do nothing good without being so weak we have to mess it up. Can’t build something up without tearing it down.

In a way, I was born twice. I was born in 1934 and again in 1955 when I came to Pittsburgh. I am thankful to say that I lived two lives.

My sense is, as governor I've gotten a lot of stuff done.