Lazy people always work harder than anyone else; they're so eager to get through and lie down again.

Too late! The two saddest words in any tongue.

[On Rachmaninoff:] He was the most Russian of them all, like a cathedral in the snow. Holy, wintry, infinite, he was all the Russias.

[When asked how many husbands she'd had:] Two of my own, my dear, and several of my friends'.

[On Nijinksy:] Ah, he took my breath away! The body that man had, the controlled power, the iron fragility. He was a note of music. He was dance!

I always loved being with older people. Now they're so difficult to find.

I've always burned my bridges before me.

Today I found an old friend.

I've always had a fascination with cars and racing, not that I've ever competed.

I was so overwhelmed by India when I first came - it still inspires me because I still go for the culture, I still go for the colors.

The truth emerging from this scattered picture of nuclear proliferation is simple: there is a stronger chance of a nuclear bomb being used now than at almost any point in the Cold War.

Democracy, as I understand it, requires me to sacrifice myself for the masses, not to them. Who knows not that if you would save the people, you must often oppose them?

It is a good thing to write for the amusement of the public, but it is a far higher and nobler thing to write for their instruction, their profit, their actual and tangible benefit.

Spread abroad the name of Jesus in humility and with a meek heart; show him your feebleness, and he will become your strength.

Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.

The more you hardwire a company on total quality management, the more it is going to hurt breakthrough innovation.