The dead they sleep a long, long sleep; The dead they rest, and their rest is deep; The dead have peace, but the living weep.

When you're away, I'm restless, lonely, wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you're near.

I burned my candle at both ends, And now have neither foes nor friends.

Babies haven't any hair; Old men's heads are just as bare; between the cradle and the grave lie a haircut and a shave.

My soul is dark with stormy riot: directly traced over to diet.

What a lucky thing the wheel was invented before the automobile; otherwise can you imagine the awful screeching?

THE HEART'S DEAD ARE NEVER BURIED.

We can change the world one thought at a time, one child at a time, one family at a time, one community at a time, one city, one state and one country at a time.

Passion can’t be planned

‎Sometimes I feel like when someone asks me if I believe in God, it's like a blind person asking if I'm black, so that they can put me in the right category.

Maybe the '50s and '60s were more awkward because everyone knew there were things under the surface, but no one talked about them.

Love, like Edg'd tools, should never be played with.

My friends are so cynical, they refuse to keep the faith.

That was the very centre of his genius - he invented things that anyone could have thought of, and men who can invent things that anyone could have thought of are very rare men.

A recession is when your neighbour has to tighten his belt. A depression is when you have to tighten your own belt. And a panic is when you have no belt to tighten and your pants fall down.

When it hurts to look back, and you're afraid to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there.

I never want projects to be finished; I have always believed in unfinished work. I got that from Schubert, you know, the 'Unfinished Symphony.'