Happiness, satisfaction, and success in life depend on making the right choices, the winning choices. There are forces in life working for you and against you. One must distinguish the beneficial forces from the malevolent ones and choose correctly between them.

But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.

Walton Goggins

Give the people not hell, but hope and courage.

John Murray

The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.

Clarence Darrow

Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that science, which can do so much, cannot decide what it ought to do.

Joseph Wood Krutch

It's part of the calling to at least do a few songs in the show that give people some hope. There's so much hurt in this world and... music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.

Ricky Skaggs

Tyrion says that people often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.

George R. R. Martin

The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.

Herbert Hoover

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.

Arthur Koestler

Reason gains all people by compelling none.

Aaron Hill

Each substance of a grief hath twenty shadows

William Shakespeare

I didn't know the full dimensions of forever, but I knew it was longer than waiting for Christmas to come.

Richard Brautigan

Singing when no one else is around is always good. I especially like belters. Good, loud singing is probably better medicine than half the stuff they sell in pill bottles, and it's cheaper, too. I also think people should never turn down an opportunity to hold a baby. There's something about the feel of a new baby in your arms that just fixes you.

Erin McKean