Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine, and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became realities.

A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others.

Birds fly Over The Rainbow. Why then, oh why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?

Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.

Going so soon? I wouldn't hear of it. Why my little party's just beginning. ~ Wicked Witch of the West Wizard of Oz

Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think?

I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.

No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.

Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.

My people have been wearing green glasses on their eyes for so long that most of them think this really is an Emerald City.

Trust yourself more than you trust the words of others.

Kids these days, " Dragos said quietly. "They grow up so fast." "Supersonic fast, " Pia said just as quietly.

Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.

the principal sources of human misery may fairly be said to lie in the over-possession, under-possession, and the unwise use of economic goods.

I am unable to make any distinction between the feeling I get from life and the way I translate that feeling into painting.

I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that.

My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire.

Sometimes, 'no' really does mean no.

In order to make a visualization a reality in the world of form, you must be willing to do whatever it takes to make it happen.

There is, they say, no fool like an old fool.