Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.

The real satanist is not quite so easily recognized as such

The kingdom of God is within you.

With God, all things are possible.

A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise of God. An art work can be a doxology in itself.

Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.

There are few things more dangerous than inbred religious certainty.

They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.

A timely benefit, -though thing of little worth, The gift itself, -in excellence transcends the earth

Educated: no. Stupid: yes. And when I say "stupid," I mean stupid fresh.

Always keep your ego in check and not be afraid to listen. Listening is a great art form.

Music journalists love Elvis Costello and hate me because they look like Elvis Costello

Infidelity, like death, admits of no degrees.

As a songwriter, you might write every day and throughout the course of a year you might get four songs that are really special.

We all got up to dance. Oh, but we never got the chance!

Eventually, if it's on your mind, you stumble on it. You need a certain amount of luck and persistence.

Humans don't see what they don't want to see. No one wants to be put down. That's why people do nothing even when they do know something is happening.

I'm kind of a distractible guy.