Pastoral Resources

From a technical point of view, there seemed to me to be absolutely no reason why - with the existing technology - we couldn't do very high quality audio, because whereas the boom in digital graphics is ongoing, the boom in digital audio has already happened.

Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right.

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.

If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.

I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too.

Our civilization is still in a middle stage, scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct; scarcely human, in that it is not yet wholly guided by reason.

He who sells what isn't his'n, Must buy it back or go to prison.

I've encountered a lot of people who sound like critics but very few who have substantive criticisms. There is a lot of skepticism, but it seems to be more a matter of inertia than it is of people having some real reason for thinking something else.

But if we can manage it so people don't have things forced on them that they don't want, I think there's every reason to believe things can settle out in a situation that is recognizably better than the one we're stuck in today.

I envision a future where there'll be 300 million reporters, where anyone from anywhere can report for any reason. It's freedom of participation absolutely realized.

He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.

He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave.

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

I went there and helped him shuffle pictures of people, and one of the agents asked me if I was interested in acting. Of course, I was a little bit interested in it; I'm sure that's part of the reason I moved to L.A. even though I never admitted it to myself.

There's a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary.

Different people bring out different aspects of ones personality.

I mean, I would hope that I have a style or personality that is evident wherever I go.

They're there because, for some reason, they have the notion that they're supposed to be there.

Truth is, you make albums, and some of those songs are hits, and some of the greatest hits albums have songs that weren't hits. You have a career, the reason why we're still around 10 years is that we do have successful songs.