Could be worse . . . I could be Sting.

Courage is grace under pressure.

We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Freedom is from within.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.

Thought is free.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.