You always have something left to lose. Until, of course, you die.

I have tried to be righteous all my life. Yet I have never been content.

But then I realize that even if I did have a soul, it’s not as though someone else would be there. It would only be more of me.

The only chance of success is to trust in your own power.

Sometimes you can't speak, not because others won't let you, but because you are afraid of what you'll say.

People can be miracles.

Everyone dies. The don't all have the chance to see what they wanted most. At least I've seen the Above. At least I've known True.

So much of life is in the smallness of moments...but they are harder to mark. So we need the grander celebrations and occasions. People like to feel significant

The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily exercise.

I would much rather have a couple of hundred grams of chicken in the afternoon than neck a shake. You're better off just keeping your diet relatively lean and eating simply.

I'm a bit of a P. T. Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.

It would be hard to define chaos better than as a world where children decide they don't want to live.

You trust a thief when you trust a woman.

Even in this room full of proud Manhattan Democrats. I can't shake that feeling that some people here are pulling for me ... I'm delighted to see you here tonight, Hillary.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

The world is really figuring BSE out, and that's positive.

I've been called a minimalist composer for more than 30 years, and while I've never really agreed with the description, I've gotten used to it.

Only those things the heart believes are true.