Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?
The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.
The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.
Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast.
I don't like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism.
It's very hard to take yourself too seriously when you look at the world from outer space.
You cannot be mad at somebody who makes you laugh - it's as simple as that.