I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.

The stronger person is not the one making the most noise but the one who can quietly direct the conversation toward defining and solving problems.

Cognitive therapy seeks to alleviate psychological stresses by correcting faulty conceptions and self-signals. By correcting erroneous beliefs we can lower excessive reactions.

You know, we all have our inner demons. I, for one - I can't speak for you, but I'm on the verge of moral collapse at any time. It can happen by the end of the show.

Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

What we don't have a right to is healthcare, housing, or handouts. We don't have those rights.

Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is.

Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead

At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture.

A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood dragging a doll by the foot.

I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.

One of the great joys of science has to be turning a thought that surfaced one night over a few beers into a full-blown project.

Most of us don't need a psychiatric therapist as much as a friend to be silly with.

Surely we may with reverence say that, in a true and deep sense, God Himself is the answer to prayer.

The fear is that we'll move in the direction from being a democracy to an oligarchy.

I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.

It's all about work when you reach up, tap in and step on that field. You don't mess around when you go through that gate.

The choir always tittered and whispered all through the service. There was once a church choir that was not ill-bred, but I have forgotten where it was.

As soon as people decide to confront a problem, they realize that they are far more capable than they thought they were.

And Louis Freeh was a completely dysfunctional FBI Director, who was actually waging his own private war against the Clinton Administration.

Elaboration is not beauty, and sand-paper never finished a piece of bad work.