"They head the list of bad to bet on: But I insist they're worse to get on"

“In its power, clarity and shear beauty, Mack Bailey's voice reminds me of no one more than my friend, the late John Denver. I love to hear this man sing.”

“Art may make a suite of clothes, but nature must produce a man.”

“When you say you love me, it doesn't matter. It goes into my head as just chit-chatter. You may think it's egotistical or just worry-free, But what you say, I take none of it seriously.”

“In any business, the more you learn, the more sympathetic you can be to other people's positions.”

Source : Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. December 1, 2010.

“My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles. Whatever diminishes constraint diminishes strength. The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self of the chains that shackle the spirit.”

“Last year nothing happened The year before nothing happened And the year before that nothing happened.”

Source : Osamu Dazai (1968). “The Setting Sun”, p.37, New Directions Publishing

“The physical world is meaningless tonight And there is no other.”

“We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn't have any problem with them. They started it.”

Source : "Iran's ex-president: U.S should show goodwill". Interview with Barbara Slavin, usatoday30.usatoday.com. February 6, 2005.