The color of somebody's skin or the way he wears his hair or clothes has nothing to do with anything.

We must focus on people as people, regardless of race, creed, color or gender.

A dog doesn't want very much and is happy with that. A cat doesn't know what he wants and wants more of it.

Every unfortunate event does not give rise to lawsuit.

I was born at night, but not last night.

I think, unfortunately, some people are just bad, they're just born bad, and I don't know why.

And some people, you've got to lock up. If you don't, they're going to hurt you.

I'm not final because I'm right, I'm right because I'm final.

I have great faith in the jury system.

Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.

I think most folks are good folks.

Writing is the neck muscle allowing us to see the important stuff in our periphery.

I just want to get a Ph.D. in love.

I remember walking out in front of that crowd, all the parents faces and the applause, and folding my little self in half and thinking, I could get used to this. And I just never stopped.

...the girl with the tip-tilted nose, the forget-me-not eyes, the rose red cheeks and the lily-white neck and shoulders who gave the explanation in a trembling voice: “It’s the ghost!

Cole, who had kissed me. Cole, who had refused to discuss it afterwards. Okay, fine. I had refused. Cole, who was driving me flipping crazy.

The secret to success is written on the doors of this auditorium. One side says 'Push,' the other side says 'Pull.

I look forward to going to work. Everybody is at the top of their game. It was like we just got to play.

The forms are evanescent; but the spirit, being in the Lord and of the Lord, is immortal and omnipresent.

I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town

One of my interests in music has always been what it means, why it affects us the way it does.