What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power.

How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right of a square inch of it.

Capital is a result of labor, and is used by labor to assist it in further production. Labor is the active and initial force, and labor is therefore the employer of capital.

Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.

Children do not give up their innate imagination, curiosity, dreaminess easily. You have to love them to get them to do that.

I'm lucky to have met Nicolas Ghesquiere, the creative director of Vuitton. He understands me and knows me, and I admire his sensibility and talent. Karl Lagerfeld is another huge designer and artist for whom I feel affection and admiration.

We have a history in country music of writing about the darker side of things - maybe not as much in modern times, but there's a lot of cheating and self-deprecation. We sort it out in song, in country music, as a genre.

We have run out of creativity for children and teachers alike in the name of pushing up standards.