"You get what you work for, not what you wish for."

“Man has done a lot to make himself dangerous and animals get the worst of all of it. But then, man too is an animal.”

“You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Obviously death is a theme I'm fascinated by.”

“I just kind of thought about doing this my whole life. I never doubted myself once. I've always been singing, and I've always wanted to be on tour with a rock band.”

Source : "McCracken Had No Rock Doubts" by Eric R. Danton, The Hartford Courant, September 1, 2005.

“By an individual being, whatever one's metaphysical doctrine, one means an unique being, that is, a being which is alone of its own type, or is such that no other of its class exists.”

Source : Josiah Royce (1952). “The Religious Philosophy of Josiah Royce; Edited, with an Introductory Essay, by Stuart Gerry Brown”

“Lack of forgiveness of others breeds lack of self-forgiveness.”

“When greedy people are given gold, they are bitter that they haven't gotten jewels; when they are made barons they are resentful that they haven't been made lords. Though powerful and rich, their attitude is that of beggars. For those who know how to be content, simple fare is more delicious than rich delicacies, a cloth coat is warmer than fox fur, and an ordinary citizen does not defer to a king or a lord.”

“Once you know something is wrong, you're responsible, whether you see it, or hear about it, and most particularly when you're a part of it.”