The common breeds the common, A lout begets a lout, So when I take on half a score I knock their heads about.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

We are far, far stronger than our pain

My writing is really intuitive. As a kid, I went to school in New Jersey and hung out in New York, so the way kids used to talk got into our earlier songs.

What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

Do not elicit your child's political opinions. He doesn't know any more than you do.

Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.

Feydeau's one rule of playwriting: Character A: My life is perfect as long as I don't see Character B. Knock Knock. Enter Character B.

I've been good at product entrepreneuring.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.

Much of our trading comes down to a battle between our patience and our impulses.

Yet will that beauteous image make The dreary sea less drear And thy remembered smile will wake The hope that tramples fear