Sin is cruelty and injustice, all else is peccadillo.

If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

Civilization is not inherited it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew…

...'joy' in Phillippians is a defiant 'Nevertheless!' that Paul sets like a full stop against the Philippians' anxiety...

He was a man's man: an expert on the golf course, a force to be dealt with in business, and a Texan through and through--and proud of it.

I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light.

Music is one of the most amazing things to me and it's an honor to connect with people through it.

Men prefer brief praise, pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key, just so it goes on and on.

It is always easy to question the judgement of others in matters of which we may be imperfectly informed.

I don't know if I'm brave.

Most of my fans, if you were to look on their iPods, you'd see every possible genre of music represented in some capacity.

I originally wanted to be a singer, but I was average. I made 18 records, but none were that great. I was in a dance band at Bournemouth Pavilion for three years, and I played guitar too.