Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.

If you love something – and there are things that I love – you do want more and more and more of it, but that’s not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.

I spent my life studying communism and Soviet systems.

Pricey oil makes clear that wealth really is energy in various forms.

There’s a deceptive sin that can keep us from walking in love: pride. It’s deceptive because when you have pride, you’re usually too proud to admit it. I know this because I used to have teachings on pride and they didn’t sell well.

This guy Clubber Lang, I’ve been him all my life. He’s mean and hungry just like me.

I’m only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge.

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.

We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love.

There has been a huge attack against private sector unions. Actually, that’s been going on since the Second World War.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

When things are going bad, don’t get all bummed out. Don’t get startled; don’t get frustrated. If you can say the word ‚good,‘ guess what? It means you’re still alive. It means you’re still breathing.

Eradications are special. Zero is a magic number. You either do what it takes to get to zero and you’re glad you did it; or you get close, give up and it goes back to where it was before, in which case you wasted all that credibility, activity, money that could have been applied to other things.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The important thing is that your teammates have to know you’re pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.

Getting a great idea with song writing is a lot like love. You don’t know why this one is different, but it is. You don’t know why this one is better, but it is. It sticks in your head, and you can’t stop thinking about it.

Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

Fame may go by and – so long, I’ve had you.

Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.

Some may remember, if you have good memories, that there used to be a concept in Anglo-American law called a presumption of innocence, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Now that’s so deep in history that there’s no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.

World War II broke out in 1939, and many people credit that war with saving the economy.

Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.

Why should I be studying for a future that soon may not exist?

I look at where I’m at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life.

To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.

You want to know whether we’re better off? I’ve got a little bumper sticker for you: Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive! Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive!

I never woke up and thought, ‚I really want to live a bold life.‘

Failure is nature’s plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

Racing, competing, it’s in my blood. It’s part of me, it’s part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet’s heart when caught and tangled in a woman’s body?

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

I love to play. And fortunately, I don’t know a lot of musicians that suck. I know a bunch of really good ones, and they’re always up for playing.

There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

I don’t like looking back. I’m always constantly looking forward. I’m not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I’m too busy looking for the next cow.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

‚Love Story‘ is actually about a guy that I almost dated. But when I introduced him to my family and my friends, they all said they didn’t like him. All of them!

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves, and I watch my daughters – two beautiful, intelligent black young women – playing with their dogs on the White House lawn. And because of Hillary Clinton, my daughters, and all our sons and daughters, now take for granted that a woman can be president of the United States.

I don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

I’m always asked, ‚What’s the secret to success?‘ But there are no secrets. Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.

The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God – if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That’s what I think.

I don’t go to bed at 1 A.M. and wake up at 5 A.M. and say, ‚Let’s see if I can get this done today.‘

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

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

In all my work, I try to say – ‚You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?‘

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.