The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

In Mississippi the important thing is hooch, not bar equipment.

I don't go for people who lead full and satisfying lives.

Nowadays, I really like playing in studios.

I think music isn't just a genre or sound. If it sounds good and makes you feel good it's a beautiful thing.

A good cover has a distinct silhouette

From one sublime genius-NEWTON-more light has proceeded than the labour of a thousand years preceding had been able to produce.

Tell the viewer something that they need to know.

I poo poo the chit.' The attendant looked stunned. 'You cannot poo-poo the chit!' I do.' Kate said solemnly. 'I do poo-poo.' We'll walk.

I never think of photographs as being individual. Always as a group.

Governments arise either out of the people or over the people.