The causes we know everything about depend on causes we know very little about, which depend on causes we know absolutely nothing about.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.

Words are sacred. If you get the right ones in the right order you can nudge the world a little.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.

To be an artist at all is like living in Switzerland during a world war. To be an artist in Zurich, in 1917, implies a degree of self-absorption that would have glazed over the eyes of Narcissus.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

Give us this day our daily mask.

Atheism is a crutch for those who cannot bear the reality of God.

Don't judge what you don't know.

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

I've been arguing with people for 10 years about tape versus digital, and I believe tape is absolutely essential in getting the sound that's conducive to the enjoyment of music.

Sometimes you need an anchor, whatever it might be. You need a space to connect. So often you get into a way of doing things.

Rarely do they appear great before their valets. [Fr., Rarement ils sont grands vis-a-vis de leur valets-de-chambre.]

There are always many sides to the truth.

I never wanted to become an actor. I always wanted to be a farmer and dreamt of owning half an acre of agriculture land.

A little foolishness, enough 2 enjoy life, & a little wisdom to avoid the errors, that will do

Umpire's heaven is a place where he works third base every game. Home is where the heartache is.

Just because people are calling you skinny doesn't mean I'm like, 'Yay!' No! You're telling me I don't look right. This is me, this is my body - I have accepted it.