Machines are the opium of the masses. If all the machines in England were thrown into the North Sea tomorrow, we should be back in the Garden of Eden. And the weather would probably improve.

The only good reason for swimming, so far as I can see, is to escape drowning.

I got born in the wrong family.

A sense of humor is regarded as a sign of mental health - apart from excessive punning, which is another matter entirely.

I am an idle devil. But at least I work at it.

There are few more frustrating things in life than being told something that you already know but cannot admit to knowing.

I really like it when a bad dream doesn't scare you...it inspires you instead'.

We, the human race, are so accustomed to having instead of being. What wastage of the revelations and magic in every moment.

Being alone for a woman is probably much more scary than for a man. I'm all for getting over our fears by facing them head-on.

It is hard to repent, to admit you are wrong on faith alone before the evidence of a feeling of being forgiven and light comes.

Life is short, youth is finite, and opportunities endless

He resisted for a while and there were some legal boundaries, you know, keeping me from being near him or his family, but in the end, love overcame. And I got what I wanted. I always get what I want.

Sky and sea, keep harm from me. Earth and fire, bring my desire.

I won't comment on what Bob Dylan said, but I will comment on his receiving the Nobel Prize, which to me is like pinning a medal on Mount Everest for being the highest mountain.

The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai.