“A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.”

I and this mystery, here we stand.

The gift is to the giver, and comes back most to him – it cannot fail.

These are the days that must happen to you.

The road to wisdom is paved with excess. The mark of a true writer is their ability to mystify the familiar and familiarize the strange.

I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money, I give you myself before preaching or law; Will you give me yourself?

The art of art is simplicity.

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars.

The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.

A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing lacking.

The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.

Forsake all inhibitions, Pursue thy dreams.

I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.

The whole purpose of the universe is unerringly aimed at one thing – you.

There is no God any more divine than Yourself.

When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God.

Resist much, obey little.

The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or become his rival.

This city, all they want us to be is ourselves. You love us how we are. We’re all a work in progress as men and you still love us and I thank you so much for embracing us.

Paris is a city of centralisation–and centralisation and classification are closely allied. In the early times, when centralisation is becoming a fact, its forerunner is classification. All things which are similar or analogous become grouped together, and from the grouping of groups rises one whole or central point.

There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter.

Paris is one of the largest, and certainly it is the pleasantest, of modern American cities.

America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.

I miss Seattle a lot. It was my first city that I lived in on my own. It was a great city to play for. It was unfortunate for the fans what happened, but it’s time to move on.

I love Oklahoma. The fans have been with me every night. What more can you ask for?