In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

From now until the end of time no one else will ever see life with my eyes, and I mean to make the best of my chance.

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs.

A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.

If I had a chance for another life, I would certainly choose a better complexion.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Peace Corps as it reached its 45th anniversary on March 1, 2006.

In South Texas, we understand how vital port security is and we fear the day a weapon of mass destruction could be brought into a U.S. port in a container and cause hundreds of thousands of casualties.

Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.

Education is the silver bullet to improve this Nation's standing worldwide... and our teachers know that.

Value your friendship. Value your relationships.

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.

To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.

Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.

The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.

My health is very good.

At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.

Believe in something larger than yourself... get involved in the big ideas of your time.

Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.

I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.

Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.

You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.

Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.

Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.

Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They're working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.

I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.

I was famous from the age of 13, and after a while you become immune to it - in a good way. You look at positives and what you can do with it.

Each one of us has our own evolution of life, and each one of us goes through different tests which are unique and challenging. But certain things are common. And we do learn things from each other's experience. On a spiritual journey, we all have the same destination.

I'm a Sufi Muslim, I would say. I believe in using the medium to create a good vibration because art is so important to society. Some projects I don't do because I feel that it's going to create a bad vibe. I don't do propaganda films that are anti another religion, anti-Muslim or anti-Hindu.

My mother's belief in spiritual healers grew stronger after our family went through a rough patch following my father's death. Sufi saint Karimullah Shah Kadri changed our lives, and all of us converted to Sufism. But it wasn't an instantaneous decision - it took us 10 years to convert. The change in religion was like washing away the past.

I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.

The institution of marriage works better when there's a spiritual connection. If you're marrying just for the sake of the woman, then you may lose interest in each other very soon. When we marry in the interest of the Holy Spirit with the intention of serving God and humanity, then it gives a much larger perspective.

When I travel with my kids abroad, I am not myself, but I'm more a father who wants to protect them. Sometimes, I am even aggressive about certain things and get surprised seeing myself like that: for instance, when people want to take pictures of them. I am fine if they want to take my pictures, but they are not public property.

I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.

Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom.

So long as you do it truthfully, music is not to be judged.

I am the kind of person who does not like to carry baggage. In fact, I don't go back and listen to my own music. I believe in closing chapters and moving forward. That's what gives me peace.

The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.

Every time I sit for a song, I feel I am finished. It's like a beggar sitting waiting for God to fill your bowl with the right thought. In every song, I ask help from Him. Everybody around is so good, so to create music that will connect with so many people is not humanly possible without inspiration.

I joined the Madras Christian College but dropped out after three months. Telugu music director Ramesh Naidu asked me to assist him, and I did so for over a year. I did think of rejoining college, but by then, I was discovering the musician in me. I worked with Illaya Raja and Raj Koti and soon shifted to commercials. This led to movie offers.

If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.

Music is the only passion I shamelessly indulge in. However, for recreation I enjoy watching movies. 'Wizard of Oz' was the first film I ever saw, followed by the 'Bond' movies. I also watch a lot of World cinema through DVDs mostly brought by one of my best friends who's now based in Toronto.