The intermittent depression that had shadowed him throughout his adult life was about to envelop him once again.

No one cared what St. Louis thought, although the city got a wink for pluck.

Disposal of thoughts would diminish your intelligence level and you would not be able to fulfill critical responsibilities that would revolve throughout your life.

Horses and jockeys mature earlier than people - which is why horses are admitted to race tracks at the age of two and jockeys before they are old enough to shave.

The president needs to be a force that is trusted in the world.

True friends are trustworthy angels.

In a man devoted to knowledge, pity seems almost ridiculous, like delicate hands on a cyclops.

It is always chilling, in friendly intercourse, to say you have no opinion to give.

It makes a great difference whether Davus or a hero speaks.

Music is the language of God. God's language, music, is not like mathematics or geometry. It is a language of love. If we love music, that is enough.

When you ask a songwriter, "What's your favorite song?" he goes, "The next one."

I cannot but think we have much to be thankful for, and more still to hope for in the future.