Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, the blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned; the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

I’m sure that President Johnson would never have pursued the war in Vietnam if he’d ever had a Fulbright to Japan, or say Bangkok, or had any feeling for what these people are like and why they acted the way they did. He was completely ignorant.

There was a definite process by which one made people into friends, and it involved talking to them and listening to them for hours at a time.

Unfortunately, “Doctor Larry’s” function on the show has been reduced of late and all the cases and situations he once was called in to cover are now being done by “Troy”.

They can not take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

I’m not anywhere close to being a mom, but I hope that people leave her alone so she and her husband can have normalcy and focus on their new child.

The big, shoe-thumping fellow continues as a dark thunderhead to threaten all unrepentant non-Communists with hail and thunder.

I tell you, the more I think, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

Resilience is woven deeply into the fabric of Oklahoma. Throw us an obstacle, and we grow stronger.

Perhaps LOVE is the process of me leading you gently back to yourself.

Straight Man was my long goodbye to the academy. I needed to expel that from my system.

Therefore, let us not despair, but instead, survey the position, consider carefully the action we must take, and then address ourselves to our common task in a mood of sober resolution and quiet confidence, without haste and without pause.

They were totally supportive, always saw everything I did. One of the thrills of my life was when they went to the theater to see something that I wasn’t in. It opened doors for them that otherwise would have been totally closed.

A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.

Love is being stupid together.

I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind; and I cannot do anything else but write about it.

For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.

It’s not like there’s an on-switch that I go to, comedic-wise. This is what I’ve trained at since I was 9 years old.

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.

I had a hit and miss education because of the many interviews, working on productions, and going to school at the studios.

In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything and two minus one equals nothing.

I thought I had to hit a 300 every time. Also, the people who managed my career expected a 300 every time.

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.

I do not want to make reasons for you to stay, only reasons for you to return.

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close knit family in another city.

As men get older, the toys get more expensive.

The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong.

I’m finished with the organ absolutely. As soon as I learned how to play the piano I didn’t want to play the organ any more.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

Star Trek: The New Generation.

Every day, we get a little bit closer to the kind of expertise and the kind of experience we’re going to need to go there. I’d love to be the guy walking on Mars.

My role in society, or any artist’s or poet’s role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.

I’ve seen the teaser trailer for Revenge of the Sith though and I think it will be excellent.

The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart.

Summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.

I wouldn’t call Hyde Park a great concert. It was a great event. It wasn’t a great concert for the Stones musically, because it was the first time they played together in two years. I would say by the time we did the second American tour, we were really tight and really good.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

When Maurice touched a keyboard, it was like something from a movie, magical. He would always give you something from a movie, and you’d go, what did you just play… immediately inspirational writings, amazing. That’s what we’re going to miss.

I used biomechanics to save time when I was competing.

Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.

We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.

It would probably kill me to have such a thing appear. The most interesting part of my life is of no concern to the public.

Some say the glass is half empty, some say the glass is half full, I say, are you going to drink that?

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

A lot of people don’t realize it, but I’ve a lot less success than I’ve have had success.

There are a lot of jazz musicians, however, who do have to go to Europe and most of their work is in Europe. That’s not true for me.