The whole cultural diversity and musical diversity, I think they almost go hand in hand, you know? It's like a mind space or a it's having an open mind to what else is out there.

Action must be taken at once; there is no time to be lost; we shall yet see the oppressors' yoke broken and the fragments scattered on the ground.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

Action must be taken at once, there is no time to be lost.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.

The best way to uncolor the Negro is to give the white man a white heart.

Progress means taking risks for you can't steal home and keep your foot on third base.

I was no good at being a child.

Persistence and discipline. Without those two, you have nothing, no matter how talented you are.

Emotions of any kind can be evoked by melody and rhythm; therefore music has the power to form character.

Hugh Grant is fantastic in bed. He always has been.

Nobody knows everything that's hidden in the balance sheets of banks. In fact, they are completely impenetrable.

I think we've come a long way since then. The big thing that changed was when ecstasy came along in Britain.

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am not at all sure that neglect of it does not constitute a sin of some kind.