O man, whoever you are and wherever you come from, for I know you will come, I am Cyrus who won the Persians their empire. Do not therefore begrudge me this bit of earth that covers my bones.

Even if the skies were shorter than my knees, I would not kneel.

A man's enjoyment of all good things is in exact proportion to the pains he has undergone to gain them.

Diversity in counsel, unity in command.

All men have their frailties; and whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will never find what he seeks.

You cannot be buried in obscurity: you are exposed upon a grand theater to the view of the world. If your actions are upright and benevolent, be assured they will augment your power and happiness.

We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults, and we ought to love our friends in like manner.

I am Cyrus, king of the world.

In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.

Many people want to live in an alternate world. As a writer, it’s my job to put them there.

This is the only real concern of the artist, to recreate out of the disorder of life that order which is art.

You tell anyone I cried, I'll find a dead fish, put it in a sock, hide it in your room, and let it putrefy.""Fair enough.

I'm a method writer. In order to write about the emotion, I have to experience it. I get physically tired and exhausted, devoting hours and hours and hours to it.

Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.

Good design to me is both appearance and functionality together. It's the experience that makes it good design.

I just want to get my music out and make sure that it's heard in the right way.

If you make some comment even obliquely alluding to menstruation or menopause and its effect on my judgment," Murphy interrupted, "I will break your arm in eleven places.

The moment that you accept life and your life as it is, is the moment that you will start to change your life and this magical life itself.

I'm not fighting. I just telling you what's right.