We never really had any kind of a Christmas. This is one part where my memory fails me completely.

You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.

It’s lovely to know that the world can’t interfere with the inside of your head.

Stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in the world can interfere with it.

Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale.

I say, Billy, what’s the use in playing croquet when you’re doomed? He says, Frankie, what’s the use of not playing croquet when you’re doomed?

I learned the significance of my own insignificant life.

After a full belly all is poetry.

It's not enough to be American. You always have to be something else, Irish-American, German-American, and you'd wonder how they'd get along if someone hadn't invented the hyphen

A mother's love is a blessing No matter where you roam. Keep her while you have her, You'll miss her when she's gone -- Angela's Ashes.

The sky is the limit. You never have the same experience twice.

Aw honey. Today's as important as forever." Grandpa Joe in "Shave and a Haircut" Flash Warden and Other Stories

The most terrifying things in the universe came from human minds.

So let's start at the very begining (a very good place to start...)

I believe that the FBI clearly was concerned, wanted to monitor and disrupt Malcolm X wherever possible.

Ideas are really what interest me in producing a band, if I can bring something productive to the project.

In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

The idea that beauty is unimportant is the real beauty myth.

I used to get 15-20 bunt hits a season. Now, I'm down to five or six. Infielders still play me in, but I'm always looking if the opportunity is there.

It's impossible to imagine what Australia would be like without surfing.

Go ahead and do what you're doing.