National enthusiasm is the nursery of genius.

There is a strength of quiet endurance as significant of courage as the most daring feats of prowess.

Reason is not time only interpreter of life. The fountain of action is in time feelings.

There is more or less of pathos in all true beauty. The delight it awakens has an indefinable, and, as it were, luxurious sadness, which is perhaps one element of its might.

No man flatters the woman he truly loves.

The soul, by an instinct stronger than reason, ever associates beauty with truth.

The art of walking is at once suggestive of the dignity of man. Progressive motion alone implies power, but in almost every other instance it seems a power gained at the expense of self-possession.

Fashion seldom interferes with nature without diminishing her grace and efficiency.

To analyze the charms of flowers is like dissecting music; it is one of those things which it is far better to enjoy, than to attempt to fully understand.

Do not give to thy friends the most agreeable counsels, but the most advantageous.

The man who becomes a critic by trade ceases, in reality, to be one at all.

As soon as you open your mind to doing things differently, the doors of opportunity practically fly off their hinges.

There is more in the world than is dreamt of in your philosophy, Doctor - or in the Merck Manual.

It means a lot to be compared to Eric Roberson. He's a hero of mine.

I think of my business and investments as extension of my family.

What I'm doing is keeping the spirit of Rock'N Roll alive. Rock 'n roll is supposed to be fast and loud and its supposed to piss off the older generation.

The best painting is totally non-narrative. It doesn't have to tell you a story.

Wasting time is negative, but there is something positive about idleness.

I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician.

Human evolution has two steps - from being somebody to being nobody; and from being nobody to being everybody. This knowledge can bring sharing and caring throughout the world.

So I said to this train driver "I want to go to Paris". He said "Eurostar?". I said "I've been on telly but I'm no Dean Martin".