I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves - that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness.

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.

I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.

The fact is that people are good Give people affection and security and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness you have good manners no matter what fork you use.

God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.

My entire life has been an attempt to get back to the kind of feelings you have on a field. The sense of brotherhood the esprit de corps the focus - there being no past or future just the ball. As trite as it sounds I was happiest playing ball.

Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major way. So I want to be an example that you can be funny and be kind and make people laugh without hurting somebody else's feelings.

I think romance is friendship and attraction sort of meeting together and that does influence what I'm writing a lot. I try to establish the attraction obviously but I also think it's important to show the characters having actual conversations about things other than their feelings for each other - and to develop their friendship on the page.