There are two things wrong with almost all legal writing. One is its style. The other is its content.

The Constitution is what the judges say it is, every time.

Long sentences, awkward constructions, and fuzzy-wuzzy words that seem to apologize for daring to venture an opinion are part of the price the law reviews pay for their precious dignity.

Everything in existence was gotten from the currency of time

Focus on lack and you will always struggle to create enough money.

Children are not a zoo of entertainingly exotic creatures, but an array of mirrors in which the human predicament leaps out at us.

Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings.

Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.

I'm not known for having great relationships with ex-girlfriends, but I've been able to continue one with (Gwyneth Paltrow) that's really valuable.

Music really does just boil down to basically, essentially songwriting chords and melodies.

Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long; and the age of the great epics is past.

I use too much of my brain and need to let some of it rest.

Carry with you maps and string, flashlights, friends who make you sing, and stars to help you find your place, music, hope, and amazing grace.