I’m not afraid of anything that might happen to me on this earth, because I know no matter what, nothing can take my spirit from me.

Don’t use the language of ‘good’ or ‘bad’ when talking about blood sugar numbers – these are data points, not judgments of your ability to manage your diabetes.

For people who say they hate being lied to, just start telling them nothing but the pure truth--about everything. That will teach them

If you want control, loosen your grip. You're strangling your employees. Letting go is actually holding on.

For something great, we have to sacrifice something greater

They say that it is always poets that die in wars, and I never got over a sense of being in the trenches.

Religion will never show the way.

Truth is much too complicated to allow anything but approximations.

None of you speaks for me. I speak for me. I am a judge. I am independent. I make up my own mind.

Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now.

A good teacher does not get lost in the details, but points to what is essential so that the child or student can find meaning and joy in life.

The way I would live my life is: never do something in real life that I would not want to write about in my Autobiography.

I think if I have any kind of unique gift, it's more in the comedy area than it is in the dramatic area.