Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!

A winner is just a loser who tried one more time.

I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.

If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.

We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.

If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.

Practice, the master of all things.

Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.

The greatest impediments to changes in our traditional roles seem to lie not in the visible world of conscious intent, but in the murky realm of the unconscious mind.

The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.

What is done well is done quickly enough.

The sacred souls dream sacred dreams.

We can make our own plans and judge them by our narrow expectations, or we can experience life as the boundless reality of the One who created it.

...we are partisan in favor of our own children and grandchildren, who we hope can live in a world that doesn't poison them when they drink the water, breathe the air, or make a living.

They’re not fat pigs

True love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have.

Meeting Stevie Wonder was a massive, lifetime achievement for me. He's one of the sweetest people. I sense a kindred spirit in him, and I hope he'd say the same. Actually, he did.

There is no spray can called 'Instant Stardom,' only talent can keep you at the top.

A civilization that only looks inward will stagnate. We have to keep looking outward; we have to keep finding new avenues for human endeavor and human expression.

You want to know if the heart of a man or a woman can contain enough love for more than one person? ... I think it's perfectly possible as long as one of those people doesn't turn into ... a Zahir.

This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-Paradise.