You would find in a lot of Zep stuff that the riff was the juggernaut that careered through and I worked the lyrics around this.

Music gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and charm and gaiety to life.

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

By now, about seventy percent of the population is literally disenfranchised. They’re the lower seventy percent on the income/wealth scale. Their political representatives simply pay no attention to them, so it doesn’t matter what they think.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

What is a country without rabbits and partridges? They are among the most simple and indigenous animal products; ancient and venerable families known to antiquity as to modern times; of the very hue and substance of Nature, nearest allied to leaves and to the ground.

The key element of social control is the strategy of distraction that is to divert public attention from important issues and changes decided by political and economic elites, through the technique of flood or flooding continuous distractions and insignificant information.

Until you’ve lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was.

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

Excessive literary production is a social offense.

If you really love someone, you shouldn’t have to work at it. You finish each others’ sentences and have the same sense of humor.

We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today’s complex and turbulent world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding into chaos. The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like it or not.

Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.

I don’t want to wear high heels because I can’t run around with my son. So, for real life, I like to be in jeans and nice-cut shirts. I appreciate good tailoring.

Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine.

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

I’m eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they’ve trusted me to be the head of the Russian government.

The more you play, the more you hear and the more you hear, the more you want to play.

The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner’s legitimate interests.

If you don’t make mistakes, you aren’t really trying.

Don’t say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.