People give themselves to you, in their talking, and in other ways, if you are quiet and patient and let them, and not in such a damned rush to give yourself to them you go bat-blind and deaf.

The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.

Poets speak of hope in ladies smiles, but give me a smirk any day, I say.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

Don't wish to be normal. Wish to be yourself. To the hilt. Find out what you're best at, and develop it, and hopscotch your weaknesses. Wish to be great at whatever you are.

I'm very interested in the impact of biotechnology on the way people live.

If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.

Aim high. You may still miss the target, but at least you won't shoot your foot off.

Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same.

When you give each other everything, it becomes an even trade. Each wins all.

Adversity does teach who your real friends are.

Don’t try to be useful. Try to be yourself: that is enough, and that makes all the difference

The lunatic fringe is more like a Spanish shawl, where the fringe makes up the entire garment.

My diet plan. 8am to 12noon: only fruits and fruit juice. Noon to 8pm: vegetarian meals. From 8pm to 8am the kitchen is CLOSED.

I often say songwriting is like trying to climb down a ladder at night. You put your foot on the next rung and test it out and make sure it holds and then you reach for the next one.

Few are made for independence, it is the privilege of the strong.

If you were just intent on killing people you could do better with a bomb made of agricultural fertiliser.

We have to find climate-friendly ways of encouraging economic growth. The good news is we think they exist.

Honour both spirit and form, the sentiment within as well as the symbol without.

We all grow into the beautiful person that we’re supposed to be, some earlier, some later.

You look in my room and it looks neat enough but if you dared to look under my bed or in my closet, oh what a mess!