Many peoples' tombstones should read 'Died at 30, burried at 60.'

Necessity does the work of courage.

Optimism is the foundation of courage.

An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

Many peoples' tombstones should read 'Died at 30, burried at 60.'

America is the best half-educated country in the world.

I'm not a fast, stream-of-consciousness lyricist at all - I know some guys who are, and if there is one skill I wish I had, it's that.

But to this day - I'm very literate now, I love to read, I read constantly - words don't resonate the way they do to a person with a formal education. They're like a maze, a puzzle that has to be opened up.

Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone.

My father was - actually was an Episcopal priest as a young man. Became a psychotherapist, a psychologist. My mother is Jewish, so I grew up in a mixed background. But the common denominator was certainly music, and that was sort of emphasized in my household as music being sort of the spiritual force.

The less I talk about being black, the better.

'Desperate Housewives' - there's no man on the planet that takes that personally, but if it were 'Desperate Househusbands,' they would shut ABC down.

But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move around. I'm always moving around.

I would love to learn popping, locking and robotics, gymnastics and acrobatics; it is amazing to learn these things.

I go on a lot of hikes. I read a lot. I play piano.

But I like to listen to demos. I like to hear the finished product. It's like listening to a song - I mean, a story. If you're going to sit here and tell me a story, I just like to listen. I don't want to make them up.

Oblivion has always been the most trustworthy guardian of classified files.

When you vote, vote for those who are not warmongers, and vote for those who respect human rights. When you see a president who doesn't respect human rights, don't vote for that person.

What you discover on your own is always more exciting than what someone else discovers for you-it's like the marriage between romantic love and an arranged marriage.

For a while, I was nervous about portraying women because of the objectification that automatically comes with it, whether the artist intends or not.

Just from being with my grandmother, my maturity escalated. And now I'm in tune to the needs of people. It was a large responsibility, taking care of a human being.

I grew up in East Germany, and we were short on technology. So my father was really proud to be the owner of a turntable.

Providing for the common good, making people feel secure in their communities and homes - this is the central job of government. it's why all of us are here serving our state and our people.

I dote on his very absence.

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring.

Science moves fastest when there's plenty of debate and controversy.

I don't think of my songs as sad songs. I think of them as vulnerable and honest. I crack jokes in between songs, so people don't leave feeling too dark.

The main questions of everyday life are too enormous to answer in any definitive sense.

Forever 21 is my American Dream.

I think you have to find the humanity in the character and then the deterioration is a part of the process - the journey of the character. It's like playing King Lear. You can start off as a nice old man who finishes up crazy.