Confession is good for the conscience, but it usually bypasses the soul.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.

A hypochondriac is one who has a pill for everything except what ails him.

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.

We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.

In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.

We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter.

They threaten me with lung cancer, and still I smoke and smoke. If they'd only threaten me with hard work, I might stop.

Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is.

Some of our friends put our enemies out of work.

We must not rest until right livelihood is within reach of every human being upon this earth we love and cherish. We all have a role to play in achieving this goal.

Men and people will fight you down when you see the light. Let me tell you if you are not wrong than everything is all right.

For me, noise is not something I use to shock, or because it's funny, or weird, or whatever. I use it because I find it beautiful.

If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.

Chinese buildings are like American buildings, with big footprints. People don't care about daylight or fresh air.

A world without Tony Randall is a world that I cannot recognize.

You are staring at me like you were going to eat me up.

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

When I came across something I liked, I wanted to find out as much as I could about it. This was as true of hearing Hoagy Carmichael for the first time as it was later when I first heard Boulez.