No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will sustain the weight of human vanity.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.

The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.

To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.

If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.

The musicians themselves don't seem to know enough about why they're in the positions they're in, so they're afraid to lose those positions.

True education is awakening a love for truth...opening the eyes of the soul to the great purpose and end of life.

The worst thing you can do is to sit and brood and feel sorry for yourself. Nor should you feel wrong about doing this, since all of us do from time to time.

Many people do think it's naive to improvise in front of paying customers. I'm not saying one way is better than another.

I loved musicals. I loved being in the school play and being lucky enough to get parts in the school play. But they always took place in some other time and place.

I'm not posh or common, I'm in between.

Duty is a very personal thing. It is what comes from knowing the need to take action and not just a need to urge others to do something.

Behind a cold face there is always an insecure heart.

I love playing darker roles, or roles with meat. I feel very comfortable in that environment. I don't know why. I don't know what that says about me. I really enjoy doing complicated characters.