"The United Nations is our one great hope for a peaceful and free world"

"I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat"

"Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life"

"Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us"

"Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day"

"If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes"

"We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty years of great music wasn't created because of some stupid grudge. That's a shame"

"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you"

"Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world"