I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."-Jimi Hendrix

Scotland is a soggy sort it place, where birds and animals walk around uncooked

You measure a person by what it takes to discourage them.

Approach any room with the goal of making it the most attractive and comfortable, the room you want to live in the most.

The feminist movement has far more anger for men than it has love for women.

I will only take something or agree to do something that I feel like I understand, and inherent in understanding is empathy.

It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat sh** and die.

I would love to live in India or in the South of France, but Roger Vivier doesn't have offices yet in New Delhi or Jaipur.

You are more than human. You are a child of God.

One of the things I've always personally tried to stress with this band was to have some kind of visual aspect and to be consistent with it - like, not to change.