The world, the real is not an object. It is a process.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.

Everything you do is music, and everywhere is the best seat.

The act of listening is in fact an act of composing.

The world is no longer a romantic place; some of its people still are however, and therein lies the promise. Don't let the world win.

It is not irritating to be where one is. It is only irritating to think one would like to be somewhere else.

If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.

I have nothing to say, and I am saying it.

Good music can act as a guide to good living.

Look at everything. Don't close your eyes to the world around you. Look and become curious and interested in what there is to see.

When your lover is a liar, you and he have a lot in common, you're both lying to you!

Don't be so busy making a living that you forget to enjoy your Life. Today, make a commitment to Enjoy Life.-RVM

New York is vibrant, sexy, naughty, always surprising, and has great live music and great fashion.

And when you look at the Turtle's movie there is something there, definitely something there.

I'm not much interested in prizes, whether from the Arab world or from the Western world. Writing is a very difficult process and I want to continue my work.

If there is another me inside of me Then I hope that he's a better person than I am

To the Japanese, Portugal and Russia are neutral enemies, England and America are belligerent enemies, and Germany and her satellites are friendly enemies. They draw very fine distinctions.

I represent Brazil all over the world. Wherever I go I have to do my best, to not disappoint the Brazilian people. And that I've done.

Obama is a statist. He's an authoritarian. He doesn't want to govern; he wants to rule.

Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family.