I thought this would be the end of your antics. There are three hundred guests sitting in the church and suddenly you believe you can fly?

Hard writing makes easy reading.

I used to loathe ambivalence now I adore it. Ambivalence is my new best friend.

Crying cleanses the soul.

Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.

You instinctively discover how to entertain an audience.

I felt that, in retrospect, there was a time in the late Seventies, after I had a string of hits and successes, as a performer and a recording artist, that I wasn't saying anything.

My mother has always been my emotional barometer and my guidance. I was lucky enough to get to have one woman who truly helped me through everything.

Ronald Reagan's idea of a good farm program was Hee Haw.

What we want to do is make a leapfrog product that is way smarter than any mobile device has ever been, and super-easy to use. This is what iPhone is. OK? So, we're going to reinvent the phone.

An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.