What a shabby lot of highbrows have turned out tonight, " he said, when he saw us. "It makes me ashamed to be one.

Barnby always dismissed the idea of intelligence in a woman as no more than a characteristic to be endured.

Only an atmosphere of quiet hard work and dull, serious conversation were appropriate to him.

Look deep into your own eyes so you may see your greatness and recognize the gifts that you were uniquely placed on this planet to learn from, to share, and to teach.

We live in a society that only embraces success and that is who we are. It takes a great deal of inner strength to deal with the time commitment of coaching when very little seems to be accomplished.

Coming to Nashville has been so motivating and inspirational. Just watching people live and breathe their music and create something that they can feel from start to finish.

What we're doing is fun - if you have any sense of humor at all!

To say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men.

I never go to funerals. To me a person is dead when he breathes for the last time. After that, your memories should be personal.

I was a student at Harvard, and that's where I learned about so-called avant-garde music. Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionism and painting were well known at this time.

The real secret of magic is that there is no magic.

Truth is not private property.

It will not do, my friend, to grant an easy indulgence to natural appetite and desire, for they ever seek to be our masters.