In life one must decide whether to conjugate the verb to have or the verb to be.

Music is the heart of life." She speaks love; "without it, there is no possible good and with it everything is beautiful.

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.

I carry a deep sadness of the heart which must now and then break out in sound.

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

My sole ambition as a composer is to hurl my javelin into the infinite space of the future.

In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance.

Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

A person of any mental quality has ideas of his own. This is common sense.

Truth is a great flirt.

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.

The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.

I'm kind of a control freak. I like to be really prepared.

I'm aware that I should end a joke with the good part, I choose not too.

Holland gets by on a total of four food additives; we have over 1,400.

For a guy who is always banging on about the masculine virtues, Nixon had this remarkable proclivity for very dainty gestures.

The great and the good will decide what is good for us and make sure that we get what is good for us, good and hard.

I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself. Sometimes I am so clever I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?

Never make a promise without a plan.