Like Spain, I am bound to the past.

We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it.

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity.

I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.

The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

A proof once established is better left so.

To all things clergic I am allergic.

Maiden, that read'st this simple rhyme, Enjoy thy youth, it will not stay; Enjoy the fragrance of thy prime, For oh, it is not always May!

I run my operation like a family business. I sign every check, every receipt, I'm not tough, but I'm strong.

I tend to want to listen to melancholy music, but sometimes if you're feeling too sad, you can't.

I want to make music as good as Radiohead, as good as Coldplay. I can make hip-hop as good as anybody.

The American spirit is stronger than stone and mortar, tougher than steel and glass, and more enduring than any pain or suffering that can be inflicted on our national conscience.

The fundamental motive of true teaching is the love that seeks and studies and performs.

Part of our purpose in life is to build a legacy – a consistent pattern of building into the lives of others.

Better rooms better furniture, better objects d'art can only be created for a society interested in living - not existing.