There's something dreadfully decisive about a beheading.

The belief in immortality has always seemed cowardly to me. When very young I learned that all things die, and all that we wish of good must be won on this earth or not at all.

There's something dreadfully decisive about a beheading.

Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seekers life - in all human life. If there is gratitude in your heart, then there will be tremendous sweetness in your eyes.

Respectability in this country was a bad word because people did things who were in respected professions that let down the entire nation, and we're washing away their sins yet.

Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for.

Tis easier to hurt than heal.

I choose to worship not believing in God and government should not thrust a religious idea down my throat.

Practice makes perfect

My father believed strongly, and taught me, that you can't let yourself get too high on a success or too low on a failure. In this volatile business, that's useful to know.

Nationalism is blamed for this century's wars, but nationalism need not mean militarism. And the nation-state has been the laboratory of liberty.

Michael Taylor is not being executed for homicide. Michael Taylor is being executed for raping a white female.

It's my favorite role - being a mom.

For everyday diners in Manhattan, cracking the waiting list at Nobu is said to be harder than getting courtside tickets for the Knicks.

I love Ralph Lauren, just as a designer. I still think he could make some better sizes with his clothes, but I like the idea of his classic American style.

I think the Lewis and Clark Expedition was the greatest undertaking in American History. I think landing a man on the moon pales next to it.

People in London think of London as the center of the world, whereas New Yorkers think the world ends three miles outside of Manhattan.

There are hundreds of Beckhams playing football all over the world.

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.

I found that if I don't paint for around a week, I get practically suicidal. It took a long time to figure out why I had these mood swings, and I finally figured out it's because I haven't painted.

Am I an ego on legs? No I am not. Do I want to be seen out there all the time saying everything? No, I don't.

Even enlightened people have problems. The only difference is in their reaction to them.

The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.

A trillion dollars spent, 2,000 American lives lost - Afghanistan is the longest war in American history. But you don't hear a word about it.

It now seems very likely that many of the 64 triplets, possibly most of them, may code one amino acid or another, and that in general several distinct triplets may code one amino acid.

A people numerically large may attain to ways of thought and enterprise that no political censure can reduce to a minimum; but under narrower conditions, it may easily come about that the whole people will fall asleep.

I would love to make a bunch of country demos and write country songs for really great country singers.