Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity.

The most poetical thing in the world is not being sick.

The moderns say we must not punish heretics. My only doubt is whether we have the right to punish anybody else.

He seemed like a walking blasphemy, a blend of the angel and the ape.

Oh, most unhappy man, ' he cried, 'try to be happy! You have red hair like your sister.'My red hair, like red flames, shall burn up the world, ' said Gregory.

You have to imaginea waiting that is not impatientbecause it is timeless.

To be or not to be what exactly?

An essential part of the magic involves turning everyone into an enemy, to ward off surprises.

Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors.

I am, by nature, a guitar player... I learned all of these other instruments around that, and around the theory that I built learning the guitar.

Iran is barely over 50% Persian, and Arabs, Baluchis, Azeris, Kurds and many other groups feel left out of the society. That regime has a lot more weaknesses than people see.

I have always striven to fix beauty in wood, stone, glass or pottery, in oil or watercolor by using whatever seemed fittest for the expression of beauty, that has been my creed.

It's about love and loss, it struck me as a meaningful and compelling story, and the shifts in reality offered up strong visual possibilities.

When you are free, all who come in contact with you will be blessed. Some may run away, but still they run away blessed.

...They cannot escape their history any more than you yourself can lose your shadow.