The powers of nature are never in repose; her work never stands still.

As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex.

We cannot take one step in geology without drawing upon the fathomless stores of by-gone time.

From first to last it is a dish of rank materialism cleverly cooked up ... . And why is this done? For no other reason, I am sure, except to make us independent of a Creator.

The pretended physical philosophy of modern days strips Man of all his moral attributes, or holds them of no account in the estimate of his origin and place in the created world.

A cold atheistical materialism is the tendency of the so-called material philosophy of the present day.

The problem with all politicians is that they are human.

Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.

I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.

I was always told I was special. And I was also assured that I had a gift and a purpose.

Men rarely see their own actions as unjustified.

The feeling of being happy or unhappy rarely depends on our absolute state, but on our perception of the situation, on our capacity to be satisfied with what we have.

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.

I need more and more silence, it feels. Poems don't leap into my mind when I'm distracted, turned outward, with other people, listening to music.

This big fat woman bumped me on the floor, she was rarin' to go, she was rarin' to go. Then she did a dip, I almost broke my hip.

The day is for mistake and error, sequence of time for success and carrying out. The one who anticipates is master of the day.