Chaos is a friend of mine.
Although the masters make the rules for the wise men and the fools got nothing, Ma, to live up to.
Just because you like my stuff doesn’t mean I owe you anything.
When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?
People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around – the music and the ideas.
Money doesn’t talk, it swears.
I like America, just as everybody else does. I love America, I gotta say that. But America will be judged.
Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
Like all things vast and beautiful, I want to know the depths of which you exist. It has never been enough to wade in the shallows.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
Right now, make a list of what you admire about yourself- don’t stop until you’ve filled a page. Sit and relish each quality and accomplishment. When you remember how much you have to be proud of, you don’t need to envy others. Instead of wallowing in your jealousy, use your friends’ accomplishments as inspiration to pursue the life you want.
The menu is not the meal.
If what you’re doing isn’t working, change it.
People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they’ll have good voice boxes in case there’s ever anything really meaningful to say.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet.
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
Public opinion is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God.
No American ought to be compelled to strike for his rights. He ought to receive them naturally, easily, as a matter of course.
Failure is no accident.
I haven’t put a pencil to a piece of paper, working out a problem, in years; I do it in my head.
Everything intelligent is so boring.
