Chaos is a friend of mine.
She opened up a book of poems and handed it to me written by an Italian poet from the 13th century and every one of them words rang true and glowed like burning coal pouring off of every page like it was written in my soul from me to you.
You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past — whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever.
All I can do is be me, whoever that is.
I’ll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours.
I have dined with kings, I’ve been offered wings. And I’ve never been too impressed.
A lot of people can’t stand touring but to me it’s like breathing. I do it because I’m driven to do it.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Idleness is the reason for many of our troubles.
You gotta have a dream. If you don’t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?
You cannot settle the problems of Europe by long-distance telephone calls and telegrams. Round the table we must get!
Not everything I write will be a masterpiece; I know that. It is a process selecting words to convey feelings never meant to be spoken. So maybe I’ve been searching for what’s already been said and this is the finest way I can say it. I love you, in everything I am, I love you.
In Nevada, for a time, the lawyer, the editor, the banker, the chief desperado, the chief gambler, and the saloon-keeper occupied the same level of society, and it was the highest.
A conclusion is the place where you got tired thinking.
Man is the only animal that blushes – or needs to.
I no longer feel the need of seeking out conscious Americanism. Because we live here and work here, we can be certain that when our music is mature it will also be American in quality.
The universe, at any given point, in any given time, is expanding indefinitely in all directions. So trust me when I say, you are the center of mine.’
The unexamined life is not worth living.
In order to succeed you must fail so you know what to do better the next time.
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
