...Though we chisel away as best we can at the mysterious block from which our life is made, the black vein of destiny continually reappears.

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

It is not enough to be happy, one must be content.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

To love beauty is to see light.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.

Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

Don’t fear change

There are no preconditions for jealousy. You don't have to be right, you don't have to be reasonable.

Rounding to the nearest cent is sufficiently accurate for practical purposes.

Because running fast is more fun than running slow.

I am totally in the hands of the Lord.

I was a big Mickey Rourke fan in his first incarnation. I thought that at the time he was America's greatest screen actor.

I'm quite sure more people fake an awful lot of everyday human contact. I just fake all of it." --Dexter

The word 'no' is a very good word in a singer's repertoire.

In the deadly sweep Of every wave, A thousand dangers lie in wait.

Women blame men for their own singlehood.