Angelo was a grown man, and here was one thing he was quite free to decide for himself, and yet he was ready to let others make up his mind for him...that could only be stupidity.

You could not bribe honest people, but bad people would accept bribery.

Never let me hear you say it's someone else's fault. It often is, but you must never shirk your own responsibility ... You can't change others, but you can do something about a fault in yourself.

There's always something when you're at fault, too, and that fault you must discover and learn to recognize and take the consequences of it.

God of the green pastures and the still waters, please don't help me. I want to do it by myself so that You'll know I've found something I can do for You ... I am David. Amen.

The Gospel does not say, "you must do good works." Rather, it fashions us into human beings, into creatures who cannot help serve God and fellow human beings. Without a doubt, a precious effect!

The true nature of evil is that it is so very casual.

"The best form of devotion to the service of Allah is not to make a show of it."

The best songs are the songs you write that you don't know anything about. They're an escape.

Losers must have leave to speak.

When the lights don't glow the same way that they used to and I finally get a moment to myself, I will realize you were everything I'm missing and you'll tell me you're in love with someone else.

Baton technique is to a conductor what fingers are to a pianist.

Where is the real low thing? Where are the jelly shoes that you find that are sick because they’re so great…Everything has air quotes around it now.

I feel that when a child has self-worth and purpose, that's what keeps them grounded.

Passion is momentary; love is enduring.