What I really want is a creative person. You can always hire a Ph.D. to take care of the details.

The best feeling in the world, is to be able to help someone else other than yourself.

Life is for service.

What is home without a mother?

You've been here before, you already know how it goes, you chose this, you know, it's supposed to be over

Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 153

In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.

Some people don't realize that a straight 'No' can be the kindest answer in the world.

I have a heart, says science, but I am a monster, says society.

We have parts of our system which are overwhelmed by regulation. It wasn't the absence of regulation that was the problem. It was despite the presence of regulation you got huge risks built up.

For works of the mind really great there is no old age, no decrepitude. It is inconceivable that a time should come when Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, should not ring in the ears of civilized man.