They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert.

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.

Take the blinders from your visiontake the padding from your earsand confess you've heard me crying and admit you've seen my tears.

Discretion is a polite word for hypocrisy.Tea Party Teddy

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Let me control the textbooks, and I will control the state.

I am not one of those who left the land to the mercy of its enemies. Their flattery leaves me cold, my songs are not for them to praise.

Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.

They go'n try to stop you, they go'n try. Notice how I said true. We ain't never stopping.

It does require maturity to realize that models are to be used, but not to be believed.

It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you're in boom times.

To die without killing is the badge of a satyagrahi.