God, despite his casual silence, still exists. Of that I haven't a single doubt.

What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact.

The true beauty of a woman is her inherent ability to make better a man in every way.

Fame and riches are fleeting. Stupidity is eternal

Despair is most often the offspring of ill-preparedness.

Death may indeed be final but the love we share while living is eternal

This man, although he may not actually have committed the crime attributed to him, is nevertheless morally culpable, because he is the enemy of our existing institutions

The gifts of an honorable, well-lived life are in those who will miss you once you're gone.

A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not first honest about what he isnt.

The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is a supported cause against it.

Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom.

Touch your enemies’ heart with love. It will bloom flowers of gratitude and joy.

I think going from laughing to crying to laughing to crying - making those quick turns adds years to your life.

Success isn´t guaranteed, but failure is certain if you aren´t truly emotionally invested in your work.

I'm a musician. It's what I do! I wouldn't be too good at anything else.

Donald Trump has said that his 15 percent rate would apply to all businesses. And if that's the case, billionaire real estate magnets will get a very big tax cut.

Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.

Kingsley Amis was a lenient father. His paternal style, in the early years, can best be described as amiably minimalist - in other words, my mother did it all.

Who would want the socialist Utopia? Especially if you were at all artistic - you want all those inequalities, because that's what makes life interesting.

I want to sing for the broadest possible audience.

I wasn't educated. I was very lucky.