I always think the flowers can see us, and know what we are thinking about.
Put it this way: singing is not my day job.
Being at the genesis of the creative process is definitely something I want to keep doing. It's just such a great buzz.
Beyonce is the most amazing woman in the world.
I definitely enjoy an audience, when I'm performing. As I get older I'm kind of less comfortable at being demonstrative. I always fancied myself as a raconteur, but that never really worked out.
Success is absolutely intoxicating. I've seen people behave in ways that seem very far from how they would behave normally.
I like the idea of people having romantic tendencies towards a place they don't know that well. I think it's great. Why not? My dad's view of New York is very similar to Americans' when they talk about Ireland.
The work. . . was. . . so blinding that I could scarcely see afterwards, and the difficulty was increased by the fact that my microscope was almost worn out, the screws being rusted with sweat from my hands and forehead, and my only remaining eye-piece being cracked. . . Fortunately invaluable oil-imraersion object-glass remained good.
Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and. . . in proportion as mankind adopt its principles and obey its precepts, they will be wise and happy.
The pointes for girls, I always say, have to be like an elephant's trunk; strong and yet flexible and soft.
Just what is the civil law? What neither influence can affect, nor power break, nor money corrupt: were it to be suppressed or even merely ignored or inadequately observed, no one would feel safe about anything, whether his own possessions, the inheritance he expects from his father, or the bequests he makes to his children.