I am afraid I shall disappoint people's expectations dreadfully.

One hesitates to open a new chapter when the old one is not resolved.

It is presumptuous to draw conclusions about a person from what one has heard

It is our feelings that guide us and they can never lead us wrong

When you are in love- everything is romantic

No expectations mean there is no risk of disappointment.

If someone tries to use you as a tool, you shouldn't mind it, because it is their choice and folly, not yours.

I can always forgive where I understand.

You cannot believe everything you hear

I am no faint-heart when it comes to the unpleasant truth. Indeed I have always taken a bracing sort of pleasure in facing it.

People argue themselves out of their pleasures

This long-tail distribution of returns is why it's important to be bold. Big winners pay for so many experiments.

Stand up for who you are. Reject the status quo!

If anyone asks for your autograph they're showing you respect and give it back to them.

The imagination is a muscle. If it is not exercised, it atrophies.

Belts are only good for holding up your pants

I like to be like the old-school guys. They played hard, man, and they played from the heart. They didn't play to just get checks.

I've never wanted to be part of an inner circle of any scene. I've always been an outsider looking to question and subvert.

If there is anything I've learned, is that piety is smarter than hate, that mercy is preferable even to justice itself, that if you go around the world with friendly look, one does good friends.

I am rather more apt to read old books than new ones.

Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.