They help people cope with uncertain outcomes in the future, especially if these outcomes are important to them.
I got no thrill from solving an integral equation, but I did get a thrill from building an exotic piece of equipment that worked.
I was always taught that you needed to be intense and never lose your focus.
Life is like a ten-speed bike; most of us have gears we never use.
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.
I've been able to experience so many things since I've had my record deal.
You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
You make choices every day and almost every hour that keep you walking in the light or moving away toward darkness.
Never look for a worm in the apple of your eye.
I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no interest in writing about my own life or intruding in the privacy of those around me.
Pain is a very precious gift. Do not waste it.
Maybe when I was younger, people didn't always believe in me; they didn't think I would make it to where I am now.
Well, these days, if you're away five years, you might not be able to get back.
If they don't deal with us, or reject the platform, that could even lead to a split, greatly damaging jobbik.
My inspiration is love and history.
Below the navel there is neither religion nor truth.
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.
The winner has many friends, the loser has good friends.
A fool's tongue is long enough to cut his own throat.
Time is a wealth of change, but the clock in its parody makes it mere change and no wealth.
When the sky falls we'll all catch larks.
He that is warm thinks all so.
Silence was never written down.
If you would shoot a general, shoot his horse first.
With money, a dragon - without it, a worm.
Silence is the voice of complicity.
Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old yours will be new.
If the mountain won't come to mohammed, mohammed must go to the mountain.
Before telling secrets on the road, look in the bushes.
The eye that sees all things else, sees not itself.