I want to die young. I think it's awful to get old, and sickness is ugly.

When you reach the top, you should remember to send the elevator back down for the others.

I was hungry. I was cold. But I was also free. Free not to get up in the morning, not to go to bed at night, free to get drunk if I liked, to dream... to hope.

As far as I'm concerned, love means fighting, big fat lies, and a couple of slaps across the face.

When he takes me in his arms, and speaks to me softly, I see the world through rose-colored glasses.

Use your faults, use your defects; then you're going to be a star.

I want to make people cry even when they don't understand my words.

Don't care what people say. Don't give a damn about their laws.

My conservatory is in the streets. My intelligence is instinct.

All I've done all my life is disobey.

Performers and their public should never meet. Once the curtain comes down, the performer should fly away like a magician's dove.

Go to the root of the problems of people and discover ways to save them

When you learn something new, the structure of your brain changes.

We need to get to the heart of each heart issue—and we can’t do it. Only the Maker can. The world needs #Jesus.

Twitter is most suitable for me. In the Chinese language, 140 characters is a novella.

The architect Borromini's Quattro Fontane, a little church in Rome, is one of the most beautiful rooms in history.

The great virtues of the German people have created more evils than idleness ever did vices

Republicans believe the best way to assure prosperity is to generate more jobs. The Democrats believe in more welfare.

Every liberal in the country must watch Fox News for one year, and every conservative in the country must watch MSNBC for one year. (Middle-of-the-roaders could stick with CSI)

I would not live over my hours past ... not unto Cicero's ground because I have lived them well, but for fear I should live them worse.

Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate, Hate of my sin, grounded on sinful loving.