Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?

I have to return some videotapes

It strikes me profoundly that the world is more often than not a bad and cruel place.

Akthent on thee latht thyllable.

This is laid down with a groove funkier and blacker than anything Prince of Michael Jackson--or any other black artist of the recent years for that matter--has come up with.

How magical can a person be when she is blessed with infinite kindness?

We fear no one knows our potential, ability, power, and talent. We fear to learn about our capability and capacity so we keep it latent.

A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there.

Theorems are fun especially when you are the prover, but then the pleasure fades. What keeps us going are the unsolved problems.

Anyone not paranoid in this world must be crazy. . . . Speaking of paranoia, it's true that I do not know exactly who my enemies are. But that of course is exactly why I'm paranoid.

Putin needs to understand and feel in his gut that if the Chechens get a nuclear bomb, they're going to Moscow first, they're not coming to New York.

Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.

We are all strings in the concert of God's joy.

Tenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope.

The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political.