If Beethoven were sent to nursery school today, they would medicate him, and he would be a postal clerk.

At best, most college presidents are running something that is somewhere between a faltering corporation and a hotel.

I know nothing about this subject, but I do have prejudices, which I am more than happy to share with you.

Schooling, by definition, must be conservative. It is naturally dependent on an older generation’s level of knowledge and sense of values.

Fierce faith, hopeful heart

It seemed to us that all people to a greater or lesser degree belong to one of these two types, that almost every one of us resembles either Don Quixote or Hamlet.

The prosperity of a person is directly proportional to the level of his giving.

Of the 50 largest companies in the United States, you are the only woman CEO. Why?

I get to the theatre in plenty of time; I prepare my shoes in advance; I eat and drink the right things at the right time. The rest you have to leave to luck!

The language Mr. Obama uses is refreshingly different from that of his predecessor, George W. Bush.

The studio scene in California is sort of ridiculous anyway.

I say the very things that make the greatest StirAn' the most interestin' things, are things that did n't occur.

I walked 500 miles just to see a halo, when I opened my eyes I was blind as can be.

God appears, and God is Light, to those poor souls who dwell in Night; but does a Human Form display to those who dwell in realms of Day.