Honor lies in the mane of a horse.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

I've been going to Granada for many years and 12 years ago bought a house a few miles outside the city.

I mean, what 16-year-old is going to listen to Doc Watson?

The fans know that I don't give at-bats away.

I started my entire journey as an indie artist. Ownership has its benefits and it's just about putting in the work. I'm just working.

I do a lot of improvising on movies, actually.

I think I may have failed at a lot of things, but the one thing I can say, and that I'm proud of, is that I am a good parent.

If not for Death, they’d be content to simply exist, but with Death, well, their lives will have meaning — a boundary beyond which the living cannot cross.

Liberty cannot be sacrificed for the sake of anything.

The form is always integral to the expression of the theme or to the sheer telling of the story, and sometimes the right form is apparent to me from the outset and sometimes it isn't.

Performancism is the mindset that equates our identity and value directly with our performance and accomplishments.