If I want drugs, I don't have to do a gig to get them. I do a gig when I feel shit, because I need to be playing. There's no drug in the world that can compare with playing music

Man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Are you kidding? I didn't do anything but just jiggle.

[M]ost of us, male and female, are as children compared with this one glorious human being.

The city frequently is compared with Paris, gay and lighthearted, whereas Russia is strong and earnest. The beauty of Leningrad and Moscow is that of New England, that of Bucharest is of North Carolina.

God cannot be compared to anything. Note this.

The European view point of exploitation of women in Europe compared to the African American women shows an inaccurate judgment.

From your place of darkness observe the defects of others. See but do not appear to see; listen but do not seem to listen; know but do not let it be known that you know. When you perceive the trend of a man's words, do not change them, do not correct them, but examine them and compare them with the results.

The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself.