“I’ve actually tasted the beer; it’s quite nice. It’s called Samuel Smith, which is my actual name. It’s good beer. Maybe that’s my favorite.”

A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge, for if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by some evil power in the other world.

Love songs in particular are so compelling because love is probably the strongest emotion you can have, and I think it’s relatable to absolutely everyone, whether it’s unrequited love or love.

Love as hard as you can, at all times.

No, I am not afraid; the Lord said he would protect me, and I have full confidence in His word.

If you’re seeking progress, all presidents are the opposition. You’re just fighting different kinds of battles.

My album focuses on unrequited love quite a lot because I don’t think it’s spoken about enough in music. I’ve been through it myself and I found it hard to find songs that were about that, so I’ve definitely tried to make that a part of my album.

Everyone has sadness-I just get mine out in my music so that I can laugh and joke and flirt with you!

If to be old is not to be wise, then it is simply to be obsolete.

A news conference is a device by which the establishment keeps large numbers of reporters from covering the news every place else.

There were a lot of people who were willing to write a letter for me. Not because I was academically inclined, but because I worked hard.

I want to be rich in all the foods I’ve tasted and all the places I’ve been and all the people I’ve kissed.

No offense to people who go on Tinder but I just feel like it’s ruining romance, I really do.

One-hundred percent, even now I doubt myself. I don’t understand what people hear in my voice. I can’t hear it myself, if you know what I mean.

To control and enslave the minds of men, all one must do is convince them that a secret exists, and that he is privy to information regarding that secret; hence the power of priests and psychics.

Thank you so much for breaking my heart because you got me four Grammys.

In the Lonely Hour is about a guy that I fell in love with last year, and he didn’t love me back. I think I’m over it now, but I was in a very dark place. I kept feeling lonely in the fact that I hadn’t felt love before.

I love hitting-that’s my favorite part of the game.

My favorite symbols were those which I didn’t understand.

Math just wasn’t my favorite. I didn’t get how important math is and how it relates to real life. That’s why I think I was turned off to it.

I love Obama. He’s my favorite president of all time. I have a giant picture in my apartment in New York that is of his Chicago Tribune cover, Mr. President.

I thought maybe I would be everyone’s favorite dude-food friend.

I’m a lifelong movie addict, and one of my favorite projects is making replica props and costumes.

David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He’s not only a great director, but he’s also a great writer.

Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.