I played a Spaniard. I looked about as Spanish as any other fair-skinned German.

One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters.

Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last.

Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God.

There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them.

One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.

I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were successful, but it made it just that much harder to take when you failed.

I knew nothing of the life of a real musician, of course, but somehow I seemed to see myself standing in front of great crowds of people, playing my accordion.

Night after night I could feel the chills go up and down my spine, they played so well.

Many times I wondered if I were truly carrying out God's plan for my life.

If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come.

Rain clouds come floating in, not to muddy my days ahead, but to make me calm, happy and hopeful.

I want to see you shoot the way you shout.

Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.

Nothing fortifies scepticism more than that there are some who are not sceptics; if all were so, they would be wrong.

A man must fill his life with meaning, meaning is not automatically given to life.

We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.

I got into science because I thought that, with inspiration and hard work, I could figure out how life works.

Nihilism is not an existential quandary but a speculative opportunity.

It's a great feeling to have accomplished what I have, but I want to do more.