I did not compose my work as one might put on a church vestment... rather it sprung from the truly fervent faith of my heart, such as I have felt it since my childhood.

Music is the heart of life." She speaks love; "without it, there is no possible good and with it everything is beautiful.

In life one must decide whether to conjugate the verb to have or the verb to be.

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.

I carry a deep sadness of the heart which must now and then break out in sound.

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

My sole ambition as a composer is to hurl my javelin into the infinite space of the future.

In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance.

Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

A person of any mental quality has ideas of his own. This is common sense.

We must, together as a nation, stop watching Fox.

Free speech is the bedrock of liberty and a free society. And yes, it includes the right to blaspheme and offend.

The quality of democracy and the quality of journalism are deeply entwined.

Hope is really a thought.

How honest is it that we drink until we are dehydrated?

Work your fingers to the bone and what do you get? Boney fingers.

Socrates used to call the opinions of the many by the name of Lamiae, bugbears to frighten children.

He needs both patience and speed.

I know what I need to do every fight to get ready. It's always a question of how you "look", how you "feel" after a fight.

Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. The sooner the discovery is made the better, as there is more time and power for taking advantage of it.