Never forget that music is too important to be left entirely in the hands of professionals.

We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box.

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.

It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber.

The examined life is no picnic.

The winding down of summer puts me in a heavy philosophical mood.

Ignorance and power and pride are a deadly mixture, you know.

All I ever needed to know I learned in kindergarten. Share everything ... Don't hit people ... Clean up your own mess.

Why is love easy? I don’t know. And the raccoons don’t say.

Love is a fabric which never fades, no matter how often it is washed in the water of adversity and grief.

...is any history really all that ancient?...Doesn't every moment from the past affect the present?

How much better does being alive get then sitting beside a warm fire amidst a misty rainy morning.

Sing your own song. There are always some earnest listeners.

The truth is never pretty.

When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action.

Trombone virtuoso and innovative composer, Papo combines the best of jazz and Latin music to create a genre that is unique and wild. He's redefined Latin jazz!

The imagination is literally the workshop wherein are fashioned all plans created by man.

I like an otter. I like a sea lion. I like a walrus. That's my favorite version of a sea creature.

Go often to Holy Communion. Go very often! This is your one remedy.

Words of encouragement fan the spark of genius into the flame of achievement.