The world isn't awful. People aren't awful. They want to be good. Something makes them bad. Something breaks them down, makes them snap.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

History shows that male homosexuality, which like prostitution flourishes with urbanization and soon becomes predictably ritualized, always tends toward decadence.

The artist who does not feel completely satisfied by elegant lines, by harmonious colors, and by a beautiful succession of chords does not understand the art of music.

The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - which is why Mitt Romney's political fortunes are steadily being resurrected from the grave.

There is nothing more difficult than talking about music.

One must practice slowly, then more slowly, and finally slowly.

Women's studies is a comfy, chummy morass of unchallenged groupthink . It is, with rare exception, totally unscholarly. Academic feminists have silenced men and dissenting women.

There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.

I have fallen into an abyss. I live in a world so curious, so strange. Of the dream that was my life, this is my nightmare.

Rule of art: Cant kills creativity!

Time is the content of life

We are all prisoners of circumstance at one point or another.

No community dictates to any individual how to live their lives. You can criticize and you can push but people freely choose.

Managers, regardless of salary, should not be allowed to earn or use comp time. They are expected to work as many hours as needed to get the job done - especially at these salary levels.

The dark night of the soul comes just before revelation.

I always feel like rejection is my petrol. That's what keeps me going.

Children live in the same world we do. To kid ourselves that we can shelter them from it isn't just naive it's a vanity.

That which is good to be done, cannot be done too soon; and if it is neglected to be done early, it will frequently happen that it will not be done at all.

I still believe in what I believed in for 20 years as a Socialist in Parliament, and being a Socialist is not the same as being a utopian.

Our campaign is the opposite of 'competence.'