Those officers and men who were immediately under my observation, evinced the greatest gallantry, and I have no doubt that all others conducted themselves as became American officers and seamen.

We have met the enemy and they are ours.

We have met the enemy and have asked them over later for drinks and dancing.

If you didn't remember something happening, was it because it never had happened? Or because you wished it hadn't?

You said we all want there to be more than this! Well, there's always more than this. There's always something you don't know.

Have a clear goal and plan. Waste no effort in your journey. Be strong, committed, and effective and you will experience a level of success few will ever know.

Forever did not mean what it once had. Forever was what changed inevitably over time.

You're pretending this isn't your life. You think it's going to happen some other time. When you're dead you'll realise you were alive now.

That's what I love about Nashville and the music community - seeing kids around acoustic music and bluegrass picking parties is the best.

I wear whatever I want whenever I want. I don't call it drag; I don't even call it cross-dressing. It's just wearing a dress.

Art that has depth makes a strong impact on the spirit, emotion, mood and thoughts of a human being.

The greatest step forward in human evolution was made when society began to help the weak and the poor, instead of oppressing and despising them.

A proper autobiography is a death-bed confession.