A meaningless statement remains meaningless no matter how often it's heard.

Contrary to popular belief, Americans don't hate advertising.

A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again.But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.

The first step in exceeding your customer's expectations is to know those expectations.

String Theory describes energy and matter as being composed of tiny, wiggling strands of energy that look like strings. And the pitch of a string's vibration determines the nature of its effect.

Numerals are images of amounts. But the amounts they represent are real.

It is a lack of commitment, not a lack of talent, that damns you to mediocrity.

In essence, String Theory describes space and time, matter and energy, gravity and light, indeed all of God's creation as music.

In marketing you must choose between boredom, shouting and seduction. Which do you want?

Preparation, mastery, can help you overcome your fear, but mastery alone is not enough. There has to be something you want that’s worth more to you than your fear.

You see a person when you look in the mirror that no one sees but you. Other people see a person when they look at you, but you're not that person, either.

Sometimes, hope is even harder to bear than grief.

I was raised among books, making invisible friends in pages that seemed cast from dust and whose smell I carry on my hands to this day.

We are heavenly beings.

How we handle adversity determines the chances if we either fall or rise.

Those who aim low usually hit their targets.

Music that touches the transcendental aspect of a human being is reserved for a marginal audience

I like people's attitudes more than fashion or beauty or whatever it is.

When I am with composers, I say I am a conductor. When I am with conductors, I say I am a composer.

Truth is more peculiar than fiction. Life is really a startling place.

Meaning, I need you to focus. If you want to save Madaug, you need to listen to me or the mortents will eat both of you Pop-Tarts for breakfast. (Ambrose)