If we are to understand anything of the human mind we must approach the people of the past with humility rather than an overconfident superiority.

The past is dead, and nothing that we can choose to believe about it can harm or benefit those who were alive in it. On the other hand, it has the power to harm us.

No employer is going to hire robustly until they know what the health care cost is going to be.

It was all in my head and now all I had to do was figure out a way to get it down on paper.

So, in some ways, the political songs tend to be a bit more like reportage, whereas the love songs tend to be like novels, you can pick them up off the shelf and go into them any time.

We're all real people with moments of intense honesty and pathos and humanity. We all experience that, whether you're comedic or not.

Don't get even, get mad.

Amigo! Amigo!" (Calling out to the ITALLIAN Prime minister....)

A finger points at the moon, but the moon is not at the tip of the finger. Words points at the truth, but the truth is not in words.

... love is banality to all outsiders.

I learn in a different way. I learn experientially.

We must remember how to honor and respect life with each breath, step, word, and thought. What you bless blesses you in return. This is the power of reciprocity.