In self-defense and in defense of the innocent, cowardice is the only sin.

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

The whisper of the dusk is night shedding its husk.

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

There is no feeling except the extremes of fear and grief that does not find relief in music.

Borne the burden and heat of the day.

Rise and grind... the money ain't gonna wait for you while you sleep son.

Proust's tea cake has nothing on one hour in a college dorm.

A gift to mankind; the next Elizabeth Taylor in the making

The role of a leader is to serve his people. We absolutely must first serve the people who we want to lead. They must be able to rely on the leader as much as we hope to rely on them.

Mine alone is the country of my soul.

As for extraordinary things, all the provision in the world would not suffice.

If you look at any movement Hip Hop would be the most influential in the last maybe 15, 20 years.

And as this round (ring) is nowhere found to flaw, or else to sever. So let our love as endless prove and pure as gold forever.