It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.

There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for a woman to make sorrow in it.

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.

Whatever the scientists may say, if we take the supernatural out of life, we leave only the unnatural.

All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves.

Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.

The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them.

Old age is the verdict of life.

It is little men know of women; their smiles and their tears alike are seldom what they seem.

But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart?

This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some form or other, we pay for her favors; or we go empty away.

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.

When men make themselves into brutes it is just to treat them like brutes.

The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much.

That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life.

But the lover's power is the poet's power. He can make love from all the common strings with which this world is strung.

The inevitable has always found me ready and hopeful.

Kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome.

But each country has to advance and move at its own speed.

I'm extremely particular how my look should be in a film.

If they think I'm better at commentating than I was as a player, then I must be pretty darned good at commentating.

What I like about Elvis is the same thing I like about James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince. These guys, back in the day, there was no smoke and mirrors. It was just raw talent. They would step out onstage and command an audience. Talk about awesome.

They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

Disobedience is essentially a prideful power struggle against someone in authority over us. It can be a parent, a priesthood leader, a teacher, or ultimately God. A proud person hates the fact that someone is above him. He thinks this lowers his position.

We have the power to turn against our creators.

I love 'Scrubs.' It's the best day job in the world.

I generally edit quite heavily. In general, there aren't many scenes that are sitting where they sat in the script in the final form.

I don't work out a lead section and practice it for a day and then lay it down. I don't do that. The first time I do something I think is expressive or really cool, that's what's actually on the recording.

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.

I like writing and don't confine myself to just the words or just the music. But I don't particularly write songs with myself in mind.

I always take working out seriously, but before a shoot I do extra sit ups and squats. I also eat more vegetables and drink a ton of water, because it really helps my skin glow.

It is always easier to label than understand.

Preseason game plans are always about fundamentals and playing football. You're not trying to out-scheme anybody, you're just trying to beat people and out-execute people. That's what's fun to me.

I'd love to a duet with Luther Vandross.

America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief.

My parents were divorced by the time I was even conscious - like, I don't remember them ever being together.

I've gradually realised that what I do best is universes. And I shouldn't be afraid of that.

Rip Rig + Panic that I joined, they were really influenced by jazz and blues and punk. So I think what happened from punk, which was kind of DIY, was that it created a kind of creative place that was kind of without limits, in a way.

Do you realize, when Mandela was inaugurated president, he invited as his special guests the white jailers from his Robben Island prison? He literally did forgive everybody.

It is not uncommon in modern times to see governments straining every nerve to keep the peace, and the people whom they represent, with patriotic enthusiasm and resentment over real or fancied wrongs, urging them forward to war.

For most people, it's easy to be passionate about things that are working out, and that distorts our impression of the importance of passion. I've been involved in several dozen business ventures over the course of my life, and each one made me excited at the start. You might even call it passion.

Basketball was always my sport. It just took me until my second year of college for me to realize that I was a better baseball player than a basketball player. But basketball was always my number one love. Finally found out I was better at baseball and chose to pursue that route.