"Running cross country is the closest man will ever get to flying."

"You look after your empire; I'll look after myself."

"It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself."

"In the topsy-turvy world of heavy rock, it's often useful to have a nice, solid piece of wood in your hands."

"Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and not really change because if it does change then it wona€?t have anything to complain about."

"Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough."

"When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existance. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses."

"I hate the pollyanna pest who says that all is for the best."

"Sex education classes in our public schools are promoting incest."

"The pencil sharpener is about as far as I have ever got in operating a complicated piece of machinery with any success."

"From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step."

"I hear and I forget. I see and I believe. I do and I understand."