The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
I don't like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism.
Your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life.
What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty.
The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.
The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.
Sometimes love will pick you up by the short hairs...and jerk the heck out of you.