I always loved being with older people. Now they're so difficult to find.

Too late! The two saddest words in any tongue.

[On Rachmaninoff:] He was the most Russian of them all, like a cathedral in the snow. Holy, wintry, infinite, he was all the Russias.

[When asked how many husbands she'd had:] Two of my own, my dear, and several of my friends'.

[On Nijinksy:] Ah, he took my breath away! The body that man had, the controlled power, the iron fragility. He was a note of music. He was dance!

Lazy people always work harder than anyone else; they're so eager to get through and lie down again.

I've always burned my bridges before me.

If god created man in his own image, how come I'm not invisible?

I stared at him. Maybe it had been hard for him being second best too.

A boy's story is the best that is ever told.

No barrier stands between the material world of science and the sensibilities of the hunter and the poet.

Whether I start or come off the bench makes no difference to me. My game has always been go as hard as I can as long as I can

We're not living in a society that science actually dominates the conversation. We're living in a situation where some science is allowed and a lot of it's about policy.

There is accumulation. There is responsibility. And beyond this there is great unrest.

Don't underestimate us nerds!

When you believe in something, stand up for it, even if everyone is sitting.

If you are not getting as much from life as you want to, then examine the state of your enthusiasm.