If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.

My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.

Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise.

I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand...

I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.

That was extraordinary. Unfortunately, extraordinarily bad.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.

The best way to kill someone is from the inside, by crushing their hopes and dreams.

Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.

A mother's love is instinctual, unconditional, and forever.

Sometimes we live as if we are blindfolded.

Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.

A Christianity which will not help those who are struggling from the bottom to the top of society, needs another Christ to die for it.

I am pushed by my critics. I don't want to say I want to prove them wrong, but it pushes me on the field to play with a chip on my shoulder, and I play best when I have a chip on my shoulder.

What distinguishes Americans from many people in the world is our kind of endemic optimism.

A satyagrahi has infinite patience, abundant faith in others, and ample hope.

I don't play accurately--any one can play accurately--but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life.

When we went to war at the Falklands, Buck Kernan had to shake each man's hand as we boarded a boat for war.

Some people would believe anything, especially if it eliminates awkward social and political problems.