The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

Where once we aspired to be more like our heroes, today we try to make our heroes more like us.

Thank you leaf blowers, for making me look like the world's lamest Ghostbuster. I ain't afraid of no leaves.

We all have great ideas. No one ever says, "I've got this terrible idea."

With a lot of people you think you want to work with, you reach out to them about working and then realize you don't want to anymore because they're a complete dickhead.

It was strange how you could never form any conclusion from what women said. It was not that they did not know what they were talking about, but you never drew the right conclusions.

The moral laws of the Universe are deeply embedded in the constitution of things. We do not break them - we break ourselves upon them.

If You Hang Around with a Bunch of Blunderers Long Enough, you Will Become One Yourself.

A good writer wants from us — or has no right to ask more than — intelligence, good faith and time.

External circumstances do not create feeling states. Feeling states create external circumstances.

It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all sitting down.