Wit catches of wit, as fire of fire.

Taste may be compared to that exquisite sense of the bee, which instantly discovers and extracts the quintessence of every flower, and disregards all the rest of it.

Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter; is he not also the only one that deserves to be laughed at?

Habit is the cement of society, the comfort of life, and, alas! The root of error.

O wearisome condition of humanity! Born under one law, to another bound; Vainly begot and yet forbidden vanity; Created sick, commanded to be sound.

Man is said to be a rational creature; but should it not rather be said, that man is a creature capable of being rational, as we say a parrot is a creature capable of speech?

The mind's eye is perhaps no better fitted for the full radiance of truth, than is the body's for that of the sun.

The criterion of true beauty is that it increases on examination; if false, that it lessens.

There are sometimes beauties in a character which would never have appeared but for a defect, and defects which would never have appeared but for a beauty.

Love will sacrifice more to others than friendship, but then it exacts more from them.

How happy is it for us, that the admiration of others should depend so much more on their ignorance than our perfection!

Disregard nuisances and obstacles, for they are merely a brush-stroke on the bigger picture

The Holy Spirit can rejuvenate a tired Christian, captivate an indifferent believer, and empower a dry church.

I feel like when I went back to my original hair color, a little bit of an edgier side came out.

My dad was an engineer, and he became the CEO of Chevron. His was an engineer's mind-set: Everything's kind of a problem how do you approach the problem?

The stability of modern governments above the ancient, and the accuracy of modern philosophy, have improved, and probably will still improve, by similar gradations.

This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason

People love their favorite records. And I aspire to make a record someone might be able to love in that way.

I think one country with nuclear weapons is one country too many.

I like to buy a company any fool can manage because eventually one will.

I'm suspicious of epiphanies, because they so rarely last.