They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
We need anything politically important rationed out like Pez: small, sweet, and coming out of a funny, plastic head.
Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently. For in the very torrent, tempest, and as I may say, whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.
I don't like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism.