It is the weak man who urges compromise - never the strong man.
The Scots are poor, cries surly English pride; True is the charge, nor by themselves denied. Are they not then in strictest reason clear, Who wisely come to mend their fortunes here?
Genius is of no country.
Nature listening stood, whilst Shakespeare play'd And wonder'd at the work herself had made.
A joke's a very serious thing.
Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound, Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.
The surest way to health, say what they will, Is never to suppose we shall be ill; Most of the ills which we poor mortals know From doctors and imagination flow.
Any song I have to work on longer than a day, I just leave it. It's not gonna work. Everything that's good is really instant.
Having one less child is the biggest contribution anyone can make to leaving a habitable planet
I should watch network television, or daytime television, because I'm not sure who all these people are who keep getting referred to in blogs and newspapers. I better get myself culturally attuned.
One thing with Montreal is it's so cold and everyone's so poor and beer's so cheap: if you go to a show you have to brave the weather to get there. So you show up and everyone's soaking wet - there's a sense of 'I trekked through three feet of snow to get here!' I think there's a kind of camaraderie that arises out of that, that's important to me as well.