The voice of parents is the voice of gods, for to their children they are heaven's lieutenants.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

There are no bad people, only badly loved people.

Well, I love having kids. But I have the advantage of having a lot of help, a real hands-on husband and small children whom I can easily manipulate.

I couldn’t have asked for more than God in deliberate grace has surprised me with!

To say that men can be bullheaded would be insulting to the bull.

Do you want me to ride you like a rented mule, or do you prefer to be Mr. Missionary Position? I'm fine with wither, so it doesn't matter to me.

Ultimately, musicians of the world must come to realize the potential of their calling... If the musician is illuminated from within, he becomes a lamp that lights other lamps.

My father painted, well into his 80s, what he called hard edge abstractions. It's really cool.

Compromise is just a fancy term for losing.

The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists.