"You have to be able to swim..." - Quote by Kanye West

“People asked me to change my name for [808s]...I think the fact that I can't sing that well is what makes "808s" so special.”

“Here's something that's contrary to popular belief: I actually don't like thinking. I think people think I like to think a lot. And I don't. I do not like to think at all.”

“The amount of people who talk about guns, versus who actually uses them, is not even close in this millennium.”

“For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know”

“The heart's affections are divided like the branches of the cedar tree; if the tree loses one strong branch; it will suffer but it does not die; it will pour all its vitality into the next branch so that it will grow and fill the empty place.”

“Gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite The man that mocks at it and sets it light.”

“Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.”

“Under Adverse conditions - some people break down,some break records”

“It is not easy to distinguish between true and false affection, unless there occur one of those crises in which, as gold is tried by fire, so a faithful friendship may be tested by danger.”