Words must be taken according to the matter whereof they are uttered.

The church is in Christ, as Eve was in Adam.

He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers.

See we not plainly that obedience of creatures unto the law of nature is the stay of the whole world?

Angels are unsatisfiable in their longing to do by all means all manner of good unto all the creatures, ...especially the children of men.

Whatsoever is good; the same is also approved of God.

Even ministers of good things are like torches, a light to others, waste and destruction to themselves.

The reason why the simpler sort are moved by authority is the consciousness of their own ignorance

So that every man lawfully ordained must bring a bow which hath two strings, a title of present right and another to provide for future possibility or chance.

Of two Evils we take the less.

To live by one man's will becomes the cause of all misery.

It is impossible to live without brains, either one's own or borrowed.

Even breathing is a contribution.

With a canvas I'm a group of seven. A migraine, take two Excedrin.

In the highest sense the Bible is to us the unique repository of eternal spiritual truths.

A lot of my songs are fantasy. I can dream up all kinds of things. That's the kind of world I live in. It's very sort of flamboyant, and that's the kind of way I write. I love it

It doesn't make sense that there is only one way of dealing with cancer.

There is no prayer or good work so great, so pleasing to God, so useful to us as the Mass.

If you look at anyone who has achieved great success and wealth, people like Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, or Lance Armstrong, they have all focused intensely in order to win.

The trouble with giving advice is that others want to return the favor.

Obviously songs and musicians mean a lot to people.