...there isn't often anything in Wagner opera that one would call by such a violent name as acting.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Never regret anything that made you smile.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

The question to ask is what will satisfy you? What will bring you peace? And perhaps the answer to those is in asking yourself when you were last happy.

If you can write, paint, or compose without fear, pain, tears or questions, then you are either very blessed or very bland.

And common is the commonplace, And vacant chaff well meant for grain.

My parents didn't know what to do with me. They got me into Little League Baseball, I played out in right field, cause I stunk.

Sometimes two artists wanna work together, but it doesn't mean it's gonna happen, because you have to find the right idea.

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief.

Altars should face the east, and should always be placed on a lower level than are the statues in the temples, so that those who are praying and sacrificing may look upwards towards the divinity.

It's one thing to have the attitude of enlightenment and another thing to act in an enlightened way, which is conduct or activity.

Decision by majorities is as much an expedient as lighting by gas.

We use concepts like "consciousness"---"mind"---"personality," but we don't really know yet what these things are.' He was shaking his head. 'Not really. Not at all.