"Hitler is endless proof of God's love and blessing for which we ever must be grateful."

“We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort.”

“Upon our children-how they are taught-rests the fate-or fortune-of tomorrow's world.”

“The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.”

“Royalty is but a feather in a man's cap; let children enjoy their rattle.”

“I was born gay, just as I was born black.”

“Golf isn't just about hitting a lot of drivers. I grew up playing on my front lawn, chipping and putting into soup cans, out of the ivy and over rose bushes and hedges - the little Alcott Golf and Country Club. I just loved having a wedge in my hands.”

“They say that I have no hits and that I'm difficult to work with. And they say that like it's a bad thing.”

Source : "Watch Tom Waits' Speech and Performance at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony" by Tom Breihan, pitchfork.com. March 25, 2011.

“Let me die the moment my love dies. Let me not outlive my own capacity to love. Let me die still loving, and so, never die.”

Source : Mary Zimmerman, David R. Slavitt (2002). “Metamorphoses: A Play”, p.83, Northwestern University Press