To me Art's subject is the human clay, / And landscape but a background to a torso; / All Cezanne's apples I would give away / For one small Goya or a Daumier.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Water is the soul of the Earth.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

It's the writing that teaches you.

The most important decision you will ever make is the decision you make about eternity.

A translator must, of course, be an interpreter of cultures.

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination. -Tommy Lasorda

He looked like those paintings of baby angels - what do you call them, hubbubs? No cherubs. That's it. He looked like a cherub who'd turned middle-aged in a trailer park.

Are we a nation of guarantees or are we a nation of opportunities to achieve the American dream?

The greatest sin today in the church is the man in the pew who is ignorant of the Bible.

The heart that can no longer love passionately must with fury hate.

I'm not saying my golf game went bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they'd come up sliced.

I've built my whole life around loving music. I'm a writer for 'Rolling Stone,' so I am constantly searching for new bands and soaking up new sounds.