My music had roots which Id dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.

The beginning in every task is the chief thing.

Democracy is not enough. If the culture dies, the country dies.

Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.

No one should ever be judged heartless because he tended to his own personal survival, she said.

I havent a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever.

God was a clever idea … The human race came up with a winner there.

Many a man may look respectable, and yet be able to hide at will behind a spiral staircase.

Barrington: Its pancake day, yes its pancake day. Its p-p-p-p-p-pancake day.

Where two discourse, if the ones anger rise, The man who lets the contest fall is wise.