“Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we conve...” — Jonathan Swift Quote

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.

Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.

I picked up the bass kind of postpunk-style. There's a real art to not learning how to play an instrument and being able to still play it.