The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Salvation does not depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy of grace.

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I’m very headstrong. Once I’ve caught fire, there’s no dousing the flames—all engines full speed ahead.

Thus would I double my life's fading space;For he that runs it well, runs twice his race.

If you get anything creative going, then the work and play thing is the same thing, I feel.

Anyone who shoots a real gun at you when drunk and angry is simply not husband material, regardless of his taste in literature.

Kids who don't eavesdrop on adult conversations are doomed to a childhood of ignorance.

That's my favorite thing about him. I like to lie next to him when it's late, dark, and so quiet I can hear my own heartbeat. It's times like that when I'm sure that I'm in love.

The energy in working with my team at Adidas is really good for me. Being this is the third installment, I feel like everybody is comfortable with everybody.

I am really heavy into songwriting.