The awful part of the writing game is that you can never be sure the stuff is any good.

In meetings philosophy might work, on the field practicality works.

You say you are disappointed with life. But maybe it is life that' is disappointed with you.

Not at all do I trust augurs, who enrich the ears of others, so that they can enrich their own homes with gold.

In the 70s, what thrash was there? Punk came on, and that was cool. But there was no thrash. There were dinosaur big bands, and that was great. Those were my influences.

I wanted to be in a band that gave bang for the buck. I wanted to be in the band who didn't look like a bunch of guys who, you know, should be in a library studying for their finals.

Tea quenches tears and thirst.

I think [Winnie the Pooh] just looks at the world through honey-colored glasses, and everything is honey-fied and sweet for him, and that's not a bad outlook.

I would have every zealous man examine his heart thoroughly, and I believe he will often find that what be calls a zeal for his religion is either pride, interest, or ill-repute.

Fear is a spirit that produces a feeling.

The ocean is our life support system. No blue, no green. It's really a miracle that we have got a place that works in our favor.