When you sing with a group of people, you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because a capella singing is all about the immersion of the self into the community. That's one of the great feelings - to stop being me for a little while and to become us. That way lies empathy, the great social virtue.

Fail faster, try again sooner.

The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.

Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.

Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life.

Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.