No adolescent ever wants to be understood, which is why they complain about being misunderstood all the time.

People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t

It is the useless things that make life worth living and that make life dangerous too: wine, love, art, beauty. Without them life is safe, but not worth bothering with.

There is simply no limit to the tyrannical snobbery that otherwise decent people can descend into when it comes to music.

The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.

It gives me such hope that each one of us can contribute to make this world a better place.

"Don't be stupid!" is excellent advice.

Custom calls me to 't: What custom wills, in all things should we do't, The dust on antique time would lie unswept, And mountainous error be too highly heap't For truth to o'erpeer.

There is no such thing as creative and non-creative people, only people who use their creativity and people who don't.

I am the thing that I am painting at the time of painting.

One word characterizes the most strenuous of the efforts for the advancement of science that I have made perservereingly during fifty-five years; that word is failure

I am thrilled and honored to have a seat at the table for meaningful conversation with so many accomplished women in the sports world.

Real comedy doesn't just make people laugh and think, but makes them laugh and change.

Life's most precious gift is uncertainty.