The tendency of modern science is to reduce proof to absurdity by continually reducing absurdity to proof.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

If just one of [those people] experiences life as a crazy adventure--and I mean that he, or she, experiences this every single day... Then he or she is a joker in a pack of cards.

Pain serves a purpose. Without it you are in danger. What you cannot feel you cannot take care of.

Sun and snow is an Angel’s glow, but storm and rain? That’s a Demon’s bane.

Catch a throatful from the fire vocal Ashing and molten glass like Eyjafjallajökull.

The days are long, but the years are short.

At the extreme north, the voyagers are obliged to dance and act plays for employment.

Playing for England was a massive honour and when I was in the team, that was all I wanted to focus on.

CAIR officials or former officials have been arrested on charges related to terrorism yet all it offers is silence and stonewalling in discussing what are its real motives.

Insurrection of thought always precedes the insurrection of arms.

Artists are magicians and I definitely think John Lennon was a Wizard.