She wanted, with her fickleness, to make my destruction constant; I want, by trying to destroy myself, to satisfy her desire.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

I’ve never thought of writing as the mere arrangement of words on the page but the attempted embodiment of a vision

...a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention...

Let the pain remind you hearts can heal

One U.S. hit single and a hit T Shirt in 1985 does not a celebrity make.

And I've always - the competition is one aspect of the job, but I think if you're too busy worrying about the competition, you don't focus enough on what you're doing.

Our present predicament comes from the fact that running the economy on blood is no longer fashionable. We can't end this depression with another war.

I hate the very human inclination towards insensitivity

Every since high school I've been drawn to magazines.

Most of the groups I worked with 30 years ago are either dead or dead broke. And it's a shame.