Just throw it all and live like there's no tomorrow.

Wisdom is a mother

…Do not discount the value of luck. It is a hidden and unseen attribute in a man that will save him when nothing else can— learn to embrace it.

What was I before the war? It’s hard to remember that far back. But I think maybe I was human.

I’m going to see you now Papa… you better run...

New mutations don't create new species

Use two-way communication on oral exams to check the students' knowledge, not their attitudes. Checking attitudes can lead to the slippery area of subjective assessment.

Only half of writing is saying what you mean. The other half is preventing people from reading what they expected you to mean.

Who can claim to know you more than you know yourself? You have been with yourself all your life, after all.

It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.

My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like.

Talk into my bullet hole. Tell me I'm fine.

Whenever I go on vacation I like to change up my hair - I'll braid it or get dreads - but my favorite is just keeping it short and curly.

People are predominant in my paintings. Although they are not obvious, you can feel their presence.

I've a neater, sweeter maiden in a cleaner, greener land!

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.