[On bebop years] All I did was sing 'How High the Moon.' It seemed like the only song I ever sang.

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

Blue skies Smiling at me Nothing but blue skies Do I see

It isn't where you came from, its where you're going that counts.

Music is the universal language ... it brings people closer together.

Everybody wants to know about my style and how it came about. It's no big secret. It's the way I feel.

The only thing better than singing is more singing.

What everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved.

I don't want to say the wrong thing, which I always do. I think I do better when I sing.

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.

I'm very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it's a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it's because it's something I love to do.

... the more I seek, the less I find.

There is a season for everything under the sun—even when we can’t see the sun.

But then what does it matter whence comes the gentle nudge that jars the soul into motion and sets it rolling, doomed never again to stop?

You can always learn to do more than you can at any point in your life.

I will have thee, as our rarer monsters are, painted upon a pole, and underwrit: "Here you may see the tyrant, Macbeth

As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I know that the CIA, Treasury Department, National Security Agency, and others work closely to keep tabs on the IRGC's operations.

It has always been forever, for me, Sassenach

His chin grazed the top of my head and then his lips brushed across my forehead. “I’m not going anywhere,” he said. “I’ll be right here when you wake up, sweetheart. I promise.

Ethnic and religious conflict remain the most intractable and dangerous problems in the world today.

Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value.