Running into a pole is a drag, but never being allowed to run into a pole is a disaster.

Ignorance and fear are but matters of the mind - and the mind is adaptable.

Pain is part of the price of freedom.

Don't be afraid to show you soul, we need plenty of soul to show in this world.

In many parts of the world, especially Pakistan and Afghanistan, terrorism, war and conflict stop children to go to their schools. We are really tired of these wars. Women and children are suffering.

Periods' are largely an invention of the historians. The poets themselves are not conscious of living in any period and refuse to conform to the scheme.

I like sitting at outdoor restaurants; it would be nice to go someplace on the street and not worry about somebody taking my picture while I'm about to take a bite of something.

For boys, Wonder Woman is a frightening image. For girls she is a morbid ideal. Where Batman is anti-feminine, the attractive Wonder Woman and her counterparts are definitely anti-masculine.

One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.

You can never design the best city, but you can design the best city you know how to design at this time.

You know, you really don't need a forensics team to get to the bottom of this. If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook.

I often think about my future wife and how lax she's been about getting in touch with me.

And then the searchlight which had been turned on the world was turned off again and never for one moment since has there been any light that's stronger than this-kitchen-candle.