My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a part of my life. So I'm very interested in the music scene and I suppose that's why I've ended up going out with musicians. Dave Pirner is still one of my best friends.

The consequences of every act are included in the act itself.

George Orwell

Pranzammo a Torre Annunziata con la tavola disposta proprio in riva al mare. Tutti coloro erano felici d'abitare in quei luoghi, alcuni affermavano che senza la vista del mare sarebbe impossibile vivere. A me basta che quell'immagine rimanga nel mio spirito.

Wolfgang Goethe

Make sure the thing you're living for is worth dying for.

Charles Mayes

For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.

Taylor Swift

Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.

Russell Baker

I have not permitted myself, gentlemen, to conclude that I am the best man in the country; but I am reminded, in this connection, of a story of an old Dutch farmer, who remarked to a companion once that it was not best to swap horses when crossing streams.

Abraham Lincoln

Since we cannot know all there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.

Blaise Pascal

The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Journalism could be described as turning one's enemies into money.

Craig Brown

Acquaintance, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

Ambrose Bierce

Just imagine how different the world could be if we all spoke to everyone with respect and kindness.

Holly Branson

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

Graham Greene