I think the rock'n'roll myth of living on the edge is a pile of crap.
Composing mortals with immortal fire.
Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.
We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.
My deepest feeling about politicians is that they are dangerous lunatics to be avoided when possible and carefully humored; people, above all, to whom one must never tell the truth.
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
All that we are not stares back at what we are.
Learning is nothing without cultivated manners, but when the two are combined in a woman, you have one of the most exquisite products of civilization.
Soundwaves. It’s the difference between one stillness and another stillness.
I detest literature. I abominate the theatre. I have a horror of culture. I am only interested in magic!
If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.