We should not be confident in our ability to keep a super-intelligent genie locked up in its bottle forever.
I have a very sensitive nose. I identify with dogs. I understand the world through my nose.
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
Art keeps one young, I think, because it keeps one perpetually a beginner, perpetually a child.
I don't like to think that I'm on a treadmill of album, tour, promotion and all that.
Music and art and poetry attune the soul to God.
The sooner we learn to be jointly responsible, the easier the sailing will be.
Software engineering economics.