The hands behind me gave me another shove.
I don't like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism.
As I get older, I've learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things.
Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities.
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.