To the whole world you might be just one person, but to one person you might just be the whole world.

The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?

The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older, but younger with time, more slender, more supple, more graceful.

Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe; a moment that never was before and never will be again.

Don't play the notes. Play the meaning of the notes.

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

It takes courage for people to listen to their own goodness and act on it.

I used to think that eighty was a very old age. Now I am ninety. I do not think this any more. As long as you are able to admire and to love, you are young.

The person who works and is never bored is never old. Work and interest in worthwhile things are the best remedy for age.

Music must serve a purpose; it must be a part of something larger than itself, a part of humanity.

I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world.

Every new travel brings new transformation.

I think it is incredibly important to be open and accessible and treat people fairly and look them in the eye and tell them what is on your mind.

I'm a light sleeper, but so long as I'm wearing earplugs, I sleep well.

When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another.

What right have I to grieve, who have not ceased to wonder?

The devil's in most people. Not me, mind you, but most.

All right, big guy, down you go." Oh,yeah. Bed. Bed was good. "And look who's here. It's Nurse Vishous.

I hate flossing, I wish I just had one long curvy tooth. They didn't have to make separations for me.

Roberto Mancini's got that Italian style, the old joie de vivre.