Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.

A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.

But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the reason I’m upset. I get home and my son is smiling or he comes running to me. It has just made me grow as an individual and grow as a man.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what’s in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.

Everyone has been in love, at some point or another.

We of the sinking middle class may sink without further struggles into the working class where we belong, and probably when we get there it will not be so dreadful as we feared, for, after all, we have nothing to lose.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

I feel like I’m the kind of guy that would have kids before getting married. The first thing would be kids.

Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.

Man’s only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.

To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him.

I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.

All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?

The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way.

I don’t care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.

We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love – first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

If I wouldn’t have found Courtney, I probably would have carried on with a bisexual lifestyle.

A letdown is worth a few songs. A heartbreak is worth a few albums.

Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me. In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the men kiss me. I love Rome.

When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.

I was gutted to leave my boyfriend at home when I started my tour, but taking my pillow was like taking a little bit of him with me.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Why do Jewish divorces cost so much? They’re worth it.

If someone has a really great boyfriend or career, I think, it’s cool that happens.

My mother did not like children.

The thing that will never go away is that connection you make with a band or a song where you’re moved by the fact that it’s real people making music. You make that human connection with a song like ‚Let It Be‘ or ‚Long and Winding Road‘ or a song like ‚Bohemian Rhapsody‘ or ‚Roxanne,‘ any of those songs. They sound like people making music.

Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship – never.

I’ve laid my friends bare.

I’ve done a lot of things I’m not proud of, such as getting my girlfriend pregnant when I was 23 and the way I handled that.

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.

In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.

Dreams are the guiding words of the soul. Why should I henceforth not love my dreams and not make their riddling images into objects of my daily consideration?

I’m not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk.

Love in its essence is spiritual fire.

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Every time I come to Europe, I’m just as excited as I was my very first time, which was many, many years ago. I love that part of the world, and I especially love the fans.

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

I don’t have to ‚freedom-kiss‘ my wife when what I really want to do is French-kiss her.

Not necessity, not desire – no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything – health, food, a place to live, entertainment – they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.

There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted.

I believe in love at first sight. You want that connection, and then you want some problems.

You pay a certain penalty for going your own way. A lot of people think you’re nuts, and you’re not as popular with girls as you should be.

I’m not claiming divinity. I’ve never claimed purity of soul. I’ve never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can… But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

My wife doesn’t even want to spend 2 hours with me.

A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love.

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: ‚This is my country.‘

If you cry over a guy, then your friends can’t date him. It can’t even be considered.

Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies – or else? The chain reaction of evil – hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars – must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.