(Referring to the piano's natural shape) Isn't it a shame when those big fat opera singers lean against the pianos and bend them?

Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.

Always remember to forget the things that made you sad, but never forget to remember the things that made you glad.

Many people have asked me why there are three pedals in these grand pianos. Well the pedal in the middle is there to separate the two other pedals.

Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.

A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.

One afternoon, when I was four years old, my father came home, and he found me in the living room in front of a roaring fire, which made him very angry. Because we didn't have a fireplace.

He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.

Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function.

I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.

Natural Self is the Soul and illusion is the relative self [prakruti].

Now that she had actually seen and accepted reality, and reality brought such a healing calm.

To survive in a corrupt country, you need to be the son of a king or be king yourself.

Borrowing is not much better than begging.

We Americans are interested only in the consumption of our products. We have no interest in how they are produced, or what happens to them once we discard them, once we throw them away.

To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.

I have to think it's possible to suffer a great wrong and walk away from it. To build a life of small, exquisitely important moments.

Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition.

Money isn't a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about than being an actor.

An infinite God ought to be able to protect Himself, without going in partnership with State Legislatures.