We must develop a better sense of responsibilty towards our total environment

The wrong sort of people are always in power because they would not be in power if they were not the wrong sort of people.

The effectiveness of our memory banks is determined not by the total number of facts we take in, but the number we wish to reject.

The case against vivisection is the same as that against war and all other forms of cruelty - that violence does not produce long-term solutions.

... the only argument against vivisection that will be seen to have lasting power - that we do not improve human society by means that debase human character.

I don´t know anyone who has a perfect family to start with. And I think that´s why we make up our own. regular weirdos together. I feel that way about my friends.

Shakespeare had it right all along: Love will kill you in the end.

I'd rather live a hard life of fact than a sweet life of lies.

For to be idle is to become a stranger unto the seasons, and to step out of life’s procession that marches in majesty and proud submission towards the infinite.

I don't consider myself a goody-goody, but I like to be perceived as classy.

I'm a leader. I'm the leader of this team, and they look for me at any point in the game, and that's not just scoring-wise, I do other things.

Never get so fascinated by the extraordinary that you forget the ordinary.

In the beginning was simplicity.

Sonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was recited.

My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories.