Man is not made for defeat.

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

To be a prophet, Knox emphasizes, requires living in and looking at the present, at what is really going on around you.

Who was this girl who thumbed her nose at two kingdoms and did as she pleased?

If the essential core of the person is denied or suppressed, he gets sick sometimes in obvious ways, sometimes in subtle ways, sometimes immediately, sometimes later.

Big girls need big diamonds.

If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything.

An old dog barks not in vain.

Nothing beats a live performance. Nothing.

The TV camera has no shutter. It does not deal with aspects or facets of objects in high resolution. It is a means of direct pick-up by the electrical groping over surfaces.

Have faith in yourself.

It’s an artist’s job to show people the world they live in. We hold up mirrors.