The more disastrous the mishaps the simpler the reviewing task.

Real folk music long ago went to Nashville and left no known survivors.

It might be argued that genuine spontaneity is not really possible or desirable so long as printed scores of great works exist. All modern musicians are, for better or worse, prisoners of Gutenberg.

The human brain can soften as a result of incessant listening to music with an intent to commit prose.

The more disastrous the mishaps the simpler the reviewing task.

Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists.

It will never be mistaken for a high school gymnasium or a meeting room in a Midwestern motel.

On the subject of wild mushrooms, it is easy to tell who is an expert and who is not: The expert is the one who is still alive.

A man is happy so long as he choose to be happy.

Every mother should endeavor to be a true artist.

Sometimes in life, things just fall in to my lap. I'm very blessed that way.

Being an astronaut is a wonderful career. I feel very privileged. But what I really hope for young people is that they find a career they're passionate about, something that's challenging and worthwhile.

I can share my joy with others.

It's like kill or be killed, that's my thing basically.

Transformation does not happen by learning new information. It happens when you change how you view and react to other people, events and things around you.

The love for material things grows like a fungus in the soul and destroys the loveliness of the human heart utterly.

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

There's a tendency to think tap's had its day, but 'Happy Feet' kept us in the race. That penguin is our Shirley Temple.

I love Jimmy Fallon; he's always a great time.

I think for Beecher specifically, Keller was with him when his wife died. Beecher had decided after he first got into prison that he had to shut off everybody. You can't let anybody in and you have to become like them and you have to be threatening and all that.

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

If I want to go to a party with a few male friends, it doesn't mean I'm gay.

The more you let yourself be distracted from where you are going, the more you are the person that you are. It's not so much like getting lost as it is like getting found.

The critical importance of honest journalism and a free flowing, respectful national conversation needs to be had in our country. But it is being buried as collateral damage in a war whose battles include political correctness and ideological orthodoxy.

One of the things that Teller and I are obsessed with, one of the reasons that we're in magic, is the difference between fantasy and reality. That is the subject that, if you have a brain in your head, is always dealt with in magic. The smarter the tricks you're doing, the more that' s an important thing.

Depression is like being in a totally round room and looking for a corner to sit in.

I think that the different styles of prom dresses goes along with the strength, confidence and maturity of young women today. They realize that they don't have to wear a ball gown. ... they can wear something that better reflects their lives.

And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.

I think best in a hot bath with my head tilted back and my feet up high.

In a world of global dependencies with no corresponding global polity and few tools of global justice, the rich of the world are free to pursue their own interests while paying no attention to the rest.

I reside in a new colony for the Chinese-singing banjo player, with a population of one. At least I have something I have to do with my life.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.