Every eye sees its own special vision, every ear hears a most different song. In each man's troubled heart, an incision would reveal a unique, shameful wrong. Stranger fiends hide here in human guise than reside in the valleys of Hell. But goodness, kindness and love arise in the heart of the poor beast, as well.

I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading.

Alan Greenspan

Every person of genius is considerably helped by being dead.

Robert S. Lund

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.

John F. Kennedy

Don't ever slam a door, you might want to go back.

Don Herold

If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.

Plautus

The world changes materially. Science makes advances in technology and understanding. But the world of humanity doesn't change.

Pierre Schaeffer

I am a little concerned that some of the measures that are proposed may simply increase the number of consultants who are telling businesses what they already know.

Alasdair Morgan, speaking to The

I felt that the elegance of pop music was that it was reflective: we were holding up a mirror to our audience and reflecting them philosophically and spiritually, rather than just reflecting society or something called 'rock and roll.'

Pete Townshend

I have had much to learn from Sweden's poetry and, more especially, from her lyrics of the last generation.

Knut Hamsun

A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.

Henry Winkler

The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.

Homer

But of course when people watch morning television, Terry, it's a very different animal. You know, they're running around, they're getting their kids ready for school, they're probably doing eight million things, they're brushing their teeth.

Katie Couric