The essence of illness is the freezing of behavior into unalterable and insatiable patterns.

Normality is the ability to learn by experience, to be flexible, and to adapt to a changing environment.

I don't say goodbye very easily, Anna. Not gracefully or prettily.Goodbye tears your heart out and leaves it a feast for carrion birds who happen by.

When I discovered music — when I discovered the craft of shaping a song — my being fell into place.

Character is what God and the angels know of us reputation is what men and women think of us.

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.

We want, and must have, a national policy, as to slavery, which deals with it as being wrong.

Yes and no are soon said, but give much to think over.

I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock 'n' roll artists. They just play their hits and that's it. That doesn't appeal to me.

You can't start taking away benefits if people don't have any opportunities.

To finish will leave you feeling like a champion and positively change your life.

I'm a big fan of curling, follow all the major world events. Watch all four Tennis majors.