I have a definition of success. For me it's very simple. It's not about wealth and fame and power. It's about how many shining eyes I have around me.

The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.

Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.

When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say "How fascinating!"

In the measurement world, we set a goal and strive to achieve it. In the universe of possibility, we set the context and let life unfold.

I'm so sorry for you; your lives have been so easy. You can't play great music unless your heart's been broken.

The major difference between the 'best' and the 'average' is that the 'best' get as much pleasure from practice as performance.

The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.

It's not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away.

Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know you're doing it.

Everybody loves classical music they just don't know about it yet.

To many people chess is an extreme sport. It requires thinking.

I went to the kitchen and felt-up the turkey.

The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes.

Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.

If I must be faithful to someone or something, I have, first of all, have to be faithful to myself.

For the most part, studio movies have huge budgets. They don't do anything under 30 to 40 million. When you have that much money at stake, you have so many people breathing down your neck.

To make knowledge productive, we will have to learn to see both forest and tree. We will have to learn to connect.

In love the other is important; in lust you are important

If you identify yourself as a great football player, anytime anyone challenges that, you're going to have some kind of problem.

I don't think Warren Buffett should be the treasurer or whatever. Warren Buffett's nuts! Just because he's a freaking billionaire doesn't mean he has common sense.