Mankind is an unco squad And muckle he may grieve thee.

Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!

My heart 's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart 's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.

Now's the day and now's the hour.

Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it's bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.

Even the jerks earn some of our affection. We can be glad they're gone and yet still mourn the good parts.

I don't think it's good to be sentimental, so I try not to be.

Nothing endures but change. There is nothing permanent except change. All is flux, nothing stays still.

You are never freer than in that moment when you decide to expose yourself to sniper fire.

I'm a neat freak... It seems to me that an orderly desk is reflective of an orderly and organized mind, you know?

I trust we shall never be reduced to the painful extremity of seeking the aid of Mirabeau.

Our job is to translate the lies, deceit, and anxiety that poisons our cultural water supply into an understandable form that we can digest.

Autobiography is usually honest but it is never truthful.

Musical theatre goes through cycles. I came in when it was at the absolute height of musical theatre as I remember it. It was the age of the long-runners.

I do think there is a strange idea that the media has that if you tell the public what you think, they can no longer think for themselves.