The origin of civilization is man's determination to do nothing for himself which he can get done for him.

Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.

In Unity there is strength; We can move mountains when we're united and enjoy life - Without unity we are victims. Stay united.

The death-bed of a day, how beautiful!

I like duos with percussionists. I like the songs that percussionists sing.

Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions.

The entire universe is a great theatre of mirrors.

People see God every day, they just don't recognize him.

Right human relations is the only true peace.

That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.

I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.

But can one actually see beauty with eyes blurred by the lack of almost everything a human being needs?

When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt, but protects the corrupt from you – you know your nation is doomed.

She was a woman without a family. A woman without a pack. A woman alone.

I have stories. But stories are not facts.''I like stories. Love them, actually. Most of the time they're better than facts.

As relates to life on Earth, the fine structure constant determines how solar radiation is absorbed in our atmosphere, and it also applies to how photosynthesis works in plants.

Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through.

Trying to run Congress without human relationships is like trying to run a car without motor oil. Should we be surprised when the whole thing freezes up?

No Christian and, indeed, no historian could accept the epigram which defines religion as 'what a man does with his solitude.'

Everything we do is tinged with the knowledge that this may be the last time that we will do this, and that makes what we're doing incredibly sweet.

When I was a child I wanted to be Pope. My greatest disappointment is missing out on that. I also wanted to be a tap dancer but I never fulfilled that ambition either.