A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy.

The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother.

Grab your coat, and get your hat Leave your worry on the doorstep Just direct your feet To the sunny side of the street.

Just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street.

Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, start all over again.

A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself.

No matter where I run, I meet myself there.

Love is the reason for it all.

Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it strictly to make money, you're crazy. There are easier ways to make money.

There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women have the time for careers.

A rhyme doesn't make a song.

No soul sin beyond recovery.

The worship of God should be done without expecting anything in return

One must lose one's life in order to save it.

Theology isn't what drove them to their...theology." author writes on dealing with the embittering experience of those who protect a wounded place with abstract arguments.

I don't really drink sodas, but when I have popcorn or pizza I need a little. It's the perfect combination.

In fact, I barely missed being number one in France in both schools. In particular I did very well in mathematical problems.

No matter how many weapons you have, no matter how great your technology might be, the world cannot live without love.

Rules without relationship leads to rebellion.

I would like to sound like James Mason. I reckon if I'd had a better voice I could have been prime minister. It is the most irritating voice in public life.

Intellectual discourse and investigation is admittedly great fun but only truly meaningful when conducted in the service of others.