I may know that the world is an ugly place, I still don't want to see it.

When someone that you love dies..it's like fireworks suddenly burning out in the sky and everything going black.

People aim for the stars, and they end up like goldfish in a bowl. I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler just to teach children right from the start that life is absurd.

There's so much humanity in a love of trees, so much nostalgia for our first sense of wonder, so much power in just feeling our own insignificance when we are surrounded by nature.

Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain beauty.

That's what the future is for: to build the present, with real plans, made by living people.

I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language.

We think we can make honey without sharing in the fate of bees, but we are in truth nothing but poor bees, destined to accomplish our task and then die.

With the exception of love, friendship and the beauty of Art, I don't see much else that can nurture human life.

The real ordeal is not leaving those you love but learning to live without those who don't love you.

When tea becomes ritual, it takes place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Through the years you, the Delaware State family and your predecessors, have faced many challenges. You worked through them with fierce determination and good will, and you have made great progress.

First and foremost, it's important to remember that, from my perspective at least, my most important legacy was making sure that the world didn't go into a Great Depression.

Latin music has many international influences - pop, rock, country, Brazilian sounds, and alternative styles.

Time, for a man who has never truly felt a second of it, it not a great sacrifice

when we're married, can we go to the ocean? I've never been

Quit hanging on to the handrails . . . Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it every day.

The most important thing is that there is clear reporting structure and everyone knows what it is.

I'm now a legend, whether I want to be or not.