“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.”

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.

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’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.

I used to have a little whisky before I went on stage. I realized that could have slowly turned into something a bit more serious. I get hyped up. I also think doing it a lot, you get used to it. You get more confidence. It’s confidence building, really.

I’ve only been in unrequited relationships where people haven’t loved me back. I guess I’m a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.

Would to God, brethren, I could tell you WHO I am! Would to God I could tell you WHAT I know! But you would call it blasphemy and want to take my life!

Above all, we must understand that in leaving the toxic ways of the present we are healing ourselves, our places, and our planet. We rebel not as a last act of desperation but as a first act of creation.

Nature has no cure for this sort of madness, though I have known a legacy from a rich relative work wonders.

I didn’t become successful until I became myself.

All will be raised by the power of God, having spirit in their bodies, and not blood.

I actually have OCD really bad, and it’s getting a bit worse at the moment. I have to check taps before I leave the house, to make sure I’ve checked everything in case it floods.

For love all love of other sights controls and makes one little room an everywhere.

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.

I’m able to control the body through just the power of the mind.

Do you know what happens with people who cannot govern themselves? That’s right. Others come in to govern for them.

Why do you press harder on a remote-control when you know the battery’s dead?

Hereafter we all have to be redeemed. The world is pulling with a thousand strings. We sin because of indifference and negligence and heap new guilt on the old original one. Our life is a chain of sin and expiation controlled by a destiny that can not be understood.

I don’t know how to put my love down, or to keep holding too much of it.