A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

We must listen to poets.

Tell me how much a nation knows about its own language, and I will tell you how much that nation knows about its own identity.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

I've found that I seek out oddballs; I like strange and eccentric people a lot.

There are so many music genres competing against each other, but I feel like country music has always been a unified front.

In a polling conducted by the Wall Street Journal, 11 out of 12 Americans said they oppose the taking of private property, even if it is for public economic good.

People don't like to read text on computer screens (and reading a lot of text on iPod screens gets very tiring very soon, just about as soon as running out of battery power).

Art Exists for the human species. I think that all of the people who love art, those who teach art, and all of you should burn with the obligation to save the world

I hadn't thought about the fact that I was a foster child but, did notice that (in films) I'm often without a mother or father or both.

And regulation entails organizational effectiveness, a chain of command, and a structure for logistical support.