It’s been wonderful for me, and I feel so privileged to have fans that are that loyal.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

The making of the far-famed New York Central Park was opposed by even good men, with misguided pluck, perseverance, and ingenuity, but straight right won its way, and now that park is appreciated. So we confidently believe it will be with our great national parks and forest reservations.

Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

Nothing is worth more than this day.

To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.

I’m very active on social media and see the huge impact it has on engaging with fans and being able to have a voice.

Deficiency motivation doesn’t work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.

I don’t take pictures when I’m with my kids, for the sake of my kids. It’s important when you’re as busy as I am that you give your kids your time when you’re with them, and nothing compromises that. I’ve been lucky enough to have fans that understand that.

Proud 2 Pay – that’s something that distinguishes me, that’s something that defines me, and we’re going to keep that going.

When I got to New York City when I was 18, I started playing in clubs in Brooklyn – I have good friends and devoted fans on the underground scene, but we were playing for each other at that point – and that was it.

I don’t keep people around me that aren’t family. You don’t get to stay. Unless you’re eating at the table with us, you’re not part. We eat together, we cry together, we live together, we die together. Everything that we do is for each other, and we care for another.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift.

I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.

Responsibility, I believe, accrues through privilege.

I spend a great deal of time with the President. We have a very close, personal, loyal relationship. I’m not, as they say, a potted plant in these meetings.

Jeb Bush, I appreciate you. You a leader. You a Bush.

The male, for all his bravado and exploration, is the loyal one, the one who generally feels love. The female is skilled at betrayal and torture and damnation.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when ‚Jolene‘ was a big hit.

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.

I don’t have time to be lonely. And I get fearful of relationships because I feel guilty about wanting someone to be completely faithful and loyal, when I can’t even give them 10 percent of the attention that they need. It’s just the reality of my time, my life, my schedule.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

Good psychology should include all the methodological techniques, without having loyalty to one method, one idea, or one person.

I wanted to only create a great perfume, not any perfume that would sell, but a great artistic one that the fans would not feel cheated by.

Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.

Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.

My fans love me for me, my beats, my rhymes.

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.

If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.

It was a privilege to pray with Governor Romney – for his family and our country.

I hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I’ve enjoyed doing the games. I don’t ever go to the park where I don’t have a good day. I don’t like losing. But I don’t think I ever go to the park where I have a bad day. I don’t think once.

I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature’s loveliness. Heaven knows that John the Baptist was not more eager to get all his fellow sinners into the Jordan than I to baptize all of mine in the beauty of God’s mountains.

As I’ve said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hopes for Iraqis‘ future.

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.

It shows ‚us vs. them‘, and I’m on the ‚us‘ side.

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

There are very few people who really appreciate my shows. People come to the show and they pay and they enjoy it, but I don’t really think most people really understand what they’ve seen.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Most of my fans, if you were to look on their iPods, you’d see every possible genre of music represented in some capacity.

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.

Never take anything for granted.

Because in a split second, it’s gone.

I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.

I was always singing but didn’t plan on pursuing it seriously. When I got to New York City when I was 18, I started playing in clubs in Brooklyn – I have good friends and devoted fans on the underground scene, but we were playing for each other at that point – and that was it.

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.

I always joke that my kids‘ favorite holiday is Father’s Day. They love the way I celebrate the occasion by writing each of them a thank-you letter and a generous check. It’s my way of letting them know how much I appreciate the great pleasure and privilege of being their dad.

If I’m a star, then the people made me a star.

I believe with all my heart that America remains ‚the great idea‘ that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here.

I was always very curious as a young man about why older writers who I met seemed so indifferent to what was going on, whereas I, in my 20s, was reading everything. Everything seemed important. But they were only interested in the writers they admired when they were young, and I didn’t understand it then, but now, now I understand it.

You’ve got to invest in the world, you’ve got to read, you’ve got to go to art galleries, you’ve got to find out the names of plants. You’ve got to start to love the world and know about the whole genius of the human race. We’re amazing people.

If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it.

It undoubtedly feels nice when you are being appreciated and you get complimented by girls. Who doesn’t like that? Having said that, I don’t take it as any pressure.

I’ve been fortunate to have had the life I had prior to Hollywood. I wasn’t starving; I was going to eat the next day.

A tree’s a tree. How many more do you need to look at?

Fame itself… doesn’t really afford you anything more than a good seat in a restaurant.

I’m grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes.

It’s cool to be recognised by your peers.