there is no noise louder than a silent phone.

A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.

A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.

Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.

If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first.

The single and most dangerous word to be spoken in business is no. The second most dangerous word is yes. It is possible to avoid saying either.

All friends are not for life, but if you have a true friend, you have a life.

Men are taught to apologise for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.

Did I choose you? Did you choose me? And what difference does it make? All that really matters, friend, is that we chose together.

No matter what the job description says, your real job is to make the boss look good.

If you could only love enough, you could be the most powerful person in the world.

The mind of a man is his mastermasterpiece.

Music eats its young and gives birth to a new hybrid creature.

We were made to enjoy music, to enjoy beautiful sunsets, to enjoy looking at the billows of the sea and to be thrilled with a rose that is bedecked with dew.

Music of today is not even in the same building as music from the '70s.

I probably owe an apology to fans that have been supportive and have not wanted to believe any of this was true. It takes a little bit of the sheen off of the mystique.

The fact is that every atom that we're made of is part of that first explosion of a nuclear star billions of years ago. We're connected to the entire universe.

If I need something, I'll invent it.

Preliminary drawings or sketches in oil or pastel often have an immediacy and emotional appeal far greater than the final canvas.

Part of our purpose in life is to build a legacy – a consistent pattern of building into the lives of others.