The past is the best prophet of the future.

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls--the World.

The heart will break, but broken live on.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.

There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.

There is no instinct like that of the heart.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

Some beliefs are so strongly held that some believers are ready to lose their heads rather than the belief they carry therein

I demolish my bridges behind me...then there is no choice but to move forward

Our popular music talks constantly about love, and yet divorce rates skyrocket.

She had wanted her son to stand for what he believed and to be respectful. And he had died for believing his friends had a right to play their music loud, to be American teenagers.

If they want to see me, here I am. If they want to see my clothes, open my closet and show them my suits.

I don't think people have seen yet what I can really do. Only appetizers!

This is the thing I've noticed is that the greater the distance between you and any ordinary task is the measurement of how much rockstar potential you have.

I don't think anyone really understands why a show works or why it doesn't.

The world is slowly evolving into a place where the things that we have seen as being taboo are starting to open up a bit more.

I love Amsterdam. The city is vibrant and alive. It's fresh and so open. It's definitely one of my favorite places.