If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it - even if we so desired.

He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.

Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.

Inconsistency is my very essence; it is the game I never cease to play as I turn my wheel in its ever changing circle, filled with joy as I bring the top to the bottom and the bottom to the top

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.

One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.

In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man's affliction is to remember that he once was happy.

He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate, and set proud death beneath his feet, can look fortune in the face, unbending both to good and bad; his countenance unconquered.

So nothing is ever good or bad unless you think it so, and vice versa. All luck is good luck to the man who bears it with equanimity.

Nine out of ten Americans believe that out of ten people, one person will always disagree with the other nine!

The glamour Of childish days is upon me, my manhood is cast Down in the flood of remembrance.

I've been lucky to have a lot of opportunities to help people.

There is a joy in going without things, a fine tang in eliminating the superfluous.

My name is Gin, and I kill people.

I don't mind people not liking me as long as there's mutual respect.

I've done a lot of tough stories over the years. I've done a lot of profiles over the years that have not always been, shall we say, helpful for the person who is being written about.

I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world.

Everything happens for a reason, Sadie, even bad things.

I think we have replaced MTV. MySpace is more convenient. You can search for things, while MTV is just delivering things to you. On MySpace you can pick your own channel and go where you want.