It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

Those of us forged in the crucibles of difference know that survival is not an academic skill.

I'm a good friend of Jonah Lehrer's. You should go on a date with him.

The theist is persuaded that while nothing that contradicts science is likely to be true, still nothing that stops with science can be the whole truth.

Without realizing who you are, happiness cannot come to you.

And don’t forget: Elvendork! It’s unisex!

We should be able to refuse to live if the price of living be the torture of sentient beings.

There is massive propaganda for everyone to consume. Consumption is good for profits and consumption is good for the political establishment.

We will not bend or fail until the blood of every last Jew from the youngest child to the oldest elder is spilt to redeem our land!

Addiction is a revolt of the soul.