“To be a good shepherd is to shear the flock, not skin it!”

It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.

In a free state there should be freedom of speech and thought.

Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud, Hatch out.

Caesar is not above the grammarians.

Let them hate me, provided they respect my conduct.

To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand.

I shall always be consistent and never change my ways so long as I am in my senses; but for the sake of precedent the Senate should beware of binding itself to support the acts of any man, since he might through some mischance suffer a change.

I’m blessed with a good pair of ears. That’s how I fooled my piano teacher. I’d watch his fingers and I’d listen to it, and I just kind of basically learned it by myself.

If you got a good imagination, a lot of confidence and you kind of know what you are saying, then you might be able to do it. I know a lot of colorful characters at home that would make great actors.

Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.

Having lovers and friends is all good and fine But I don’t like yours and you don’t like mine.

Clichés are what good writing is all about. Because our lives are basically clichés.

Being a teenager, it’s so hard to find foundation that’s good for your skin for everyday wear.

If you want to condemn yourself for the mistakes you’ve made, let’s be fair, that means you’ve got to congratulate yourself for all the good things you’ve done. It’s okay to say, “God, I wish I’d done this; yeah, but I did do that.” Then it kind of balances out.

I’ve been trying to grow up some myself, in my heart, and it’s happening quick and I feel good about it, and I want that to come out in the music.