Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.

Sunlight is painting.

The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

Each soul is potentially divine.

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.

I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.

At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!

You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it.

Effective action is always unjust.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

Could be worse . . . I could be Sting.