The acquisition of a book signalled not just the potential acquisition of knowledge but also something like the property rights to a piece of ground: the knowledge became a visitable place.

Education today, more than ever before, must see clearly the dual objectives: education for living and educating for making a living.

It's only in Algebra that two negatives make a positive

Some people are like egg. The more you apply heat to them, the harder they become. To hatch them, just use a gentle heat, and to keep them alive, just keep them cool.

I always tried to learn about the hitters. Anytime someone got a hit off me, I made a mental note of the pitch. He'd never see that one again.

It was as simple as that - they met. As simple as only beautiful things can be beautiful, as only life-changing things, turning-point things, can be simple. ("For The Rest Of Her Life")

It's all about what they can get out of me.

Be of good cheer, for you will never want, for the bullet was meant for me, though it hit you.

There is a popular conception about karma, and that is that as you sow, so shall you reap. That's only true if you're a farmer.

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.

I don't make plans. I live my life on a daily basis.

Memory: what wonders it performs in preserving and storing up things gone by - or rather, things that are