The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.

Love has no age, no limit; and no death.

I am still under the impression that there is nothing alive quite so beautiful as a thoroughbred horse.

Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives.

Life calls the tune, we dance.

I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people.

By the cigars they smoke, and the composers they love, ye shall know the texture of men's souls.

If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.

Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel, and they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life.

Beginnings are always messy.

We all have a little entrepreneur inside of us. Wanting to leverage it is what gives us an entrepreneurial spirit and an entrepreneurial mind. Actually doing it makes one an entrepreneur.

If ambition doesn't hurt you you haven't got it.

I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.

You learn at your best when you have something you care about and can get pleasure in being engaged in.

I was big time into Barbie.

I write a lot of songs about my impressions from a man's point of view.

When Grease and Fame came out, people thought they were cheesy.

It has been years since I have seen anyone who could even look as if he were in love. No one's face lights up any more except for political conversation.

Never waste a prayer on something that isn't important.

It's easy to say ''no!'' when there's a deeper ''yes!'' burning inside.