True valor lies in the middle between cowardice and rashness.

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.

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.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

To help all created things that is the measure of our responsibility to be helped by all that is the measure of our hope.

I really feel there's no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That's an empowering feeling - that we can bring a song to life.

I always feel I could be like Toni Collette, going between big studio things and indie films. That would be feasible.

Pittacus said that half was more than the whole.

Your capacity to say "No" determines your capacity to say "Yes" to greater things.

I must fight with all my strength so that the little positive things that my health allows me to do might be pointed toward helping the revolution. The only real reason for living.

I would guess, I would surmise that some of the more spectacular bombings are done by al Qaeda suiciders.

To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish in the water is frightening.

Music is a big influence in my work and sometimes drives the energy of where I want to go.

People essentially like local news better than network news.