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“Sometimes I think there are two kinds of people - the autobiographists and the biographists.”
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“The talents lost--the moments run To waste--the sins of act, of thought, Ten thousand deeds of folly done, And countless virtues cherish'd not.”
Source : Sir John Bowring (1824). “Matins and vespers: with hymns and occasional devotional pieces”, p.48
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“My job, one of them, in science, was to find the gods inside of us.”
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“I think I'm a lot happier than people might think from listening to my songs.”
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“You are equally important to me, and I love you all.”
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“Each day has its own destiny. Yesterday is history, today is opportunity while tomorrow is mystery.”
Source : "Nigeria: The Shock of Reality". allafrica.com. August 24, 2009.
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“Strange new problems are being reported in the growing generations of children whose mothers were always there, driving them around, helping them with their homework --an inability to endure pain or discipline or pursue any self-sustained goal of any sort, a devastating boredom with life.”
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“If I'm feeling something, I know if it's a song, or if it's a little story that I'm going to write, or if it's a painting or play. I might sit down and write a play.”