Think it a vile habit to alter works of good composers, to omit parts of them, or to insert new-fashioned ornaments. This is the greatest insult you can offer to Art.

Look deeply into life, and study it as diligently as the other arts and sciences.

The ladder of leadership can only stand firm on the grounds of integrity. Any other ground makes it unstable till it falls.

The closer you are to God, the farther you are from the devil.

Because I miss them. Because I need them. Because I love them.

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

Faithful people have always been in a marked minority.

It's only forever... Not long at all.

When I wasn't working, I put the blame directly where it belonged - I blamed my agent. When I didn't have an agent, I spent time looking for a new agent so I would have somebody to blame.

I think the thing that I most appreciate now is that stereotypes involving Jewish identity activate fears of persecution that exist in the present day.

Unless the U.N. is completely reorganized without the Communist nations in it, we should get out of it.

I can remember standing in a W.P.A. line with a gunny sack, and I remember having to buy chocolate milk instead of white because it was one cent cheaper.