A tightly woven argument is impermeable to the frigid winds of criticism.

Freedom can be an acquired taste for those who have never savored it.

Unless you break free from the shackles of beauty as dictated by the media and society, true beauty will be elusive.

Is a tree any less beautiful because it has lost a limb?

History and beauty lie in the baroque wrinkles of old cathedrals. mosques, synagogues, temples and faces whose stories are told without a single word.

The candy colored coral snake.The iridescent blue-ringed octopus.Décolletage.Beware of conspicuous beauty.Its venom can be deadly.

She walks in beauty.I am trampled by it.She swims in beauty.I drown in it.

Roll in the snow.Shower in the rain.Bask in the sun.Weatherproof your soul.

Hard and dry, a chickpea is inedible.Hard and dry, a heart is unlovable.Presoak it in dance, music and art.

Beholdthe azure sea in front of you, the turquoise sky above you, the amber mountain beneath your feet, and the golden daisy in your hands.How are you not the richest person on earth?

Start a rumor aboutpeace taking over, love being the new black, and compassion going viral.

Women are sneaky.

We cannot all argue but we can all pray we cannot all be leaders but we can all be pleaders we cannot all be mighty in rhetoric but we can all be prevalent in prayer.

I may just keep releasing singles 'til I run out of music, which is kind of cool in a way - as long as people don't go, 'Oh my God, not another one!'

I've had quite a few moments I've liked, so it's good enough.

A dying people tolerates the present, rejects the future, and finds its satisfactions in past greatness and half remembered glory

We live in this world where loosing our phones are more dramatic than loosing our virginity.

You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others.

I met The Beatles and Stones at the same time, because Michael Cooper was doing several of their album covers.

I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low.

In the political world, the only position I have is voter. I'm not a spokesman for anything.