Then came the churches, then came the schools, then came the lawyers, then came the rules.

There's so many different worlds, so many different suns. And we have just one world, but we live in different ones.

Sometimes you're the windshield; sometimes you're the bug.

My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.

What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I've always rebelled against theory.

Sometimes you gotta be an s.o.b., you wanna make a dream reality

I'm also getting an Ovation Legend, because I like them so much.

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.

I shoulda learned to play the guitar.

While I was into many different types of music, and played with many different local groups, I really didn't have a band to call my own until Dire Straits was formed in 1977.

Last time I was sober, man I felt bad, Worst hangover that I ever had. It took six hamburgers, Scotch all night, Nicotine for breakfast just to put me right.

The beauty of the universe consists not only of unity in variety, but also of variety in unity.

I'd lost myself in the abyss of someone else's tyranny...again.

Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.

The most important thing for old guys is never start going down the stairs sideways.

There cannot be a nation of millionaires, and there never has been a nation of Utopian comrades; but there have been any number of nations of tolerably contented peasants.

O! Where are you going With beards all a-wagging? No knowing, no knowing What brings Mister Baggins, And Balin and Dwalin down into the valley in June ha! ha!

I definitely don't Google my name.

But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.

There are always challenges with books , deciding what to include and what to omit.

A Christian is never bored or sad. Rather, the one who loves Christ is full of joy and radiates joy.