I would just have to find a hog, slaughter it, butcher it, cure the meat, then fry it up. Thinking about the bacon—the potential of bacon—gives me hope. Not all is lost if bacon isn't. Seriously.

Love is forever. If it wasn't, it wouldn't be love. The world is beautiful. If it wasn't, it wouldn't be the world.

Cities are more than the sum of their infrastructure. They transcend brick and mortar, concrete and steel. They're the vessels into which human knowledge is poured.

Our hearts, the war.Her body, the battlefield.

Who wants to read a book when you can blow something up?

Without trust there's no cooperation. And without cooperation there's no progress. History stops.

Pain is necessary. Pain is life. Without pain there can be no joy.

You're never perfectly safe. No human being on Earth ever is or ever was. To live is to risk your life, your heart, everything.

The world existed for a very long time before this particular set of seven billion billion atoms came along and it will go right on after they're scattered up, down and sideways.

The human brain has a marvelous capacity to screen and sort experience, protecting itself against the unbearable.

To conquer, you must endure not just your own suffering but the suffering of others. Indifference is the ultimate evolutionary achievement, the highest rung on nature's ladder.

The funny thing is people won't let me pay for things. I'll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, 'Oh no, it's on the house.'

Critics have a job to do. They do not criticize you without reason.

We've got to change our regulatory system.

Every rock song is some variation of 'Pull down your pants'

Openness is the first step toward recovery... addiction remains a secret because of the overwhelming shame associated with it.

He (God) never comes to those who do not wait.

I love rock, pop, and funk. I love being able to blend these three and create something unique for people.

Cheeses crusty, got all musty, got damp on the stone of a peach.

we know nothing of tomorrow, our business is to be good and happy today

The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick.