Genius is, to be sure, not a matter of arbitrariness, but rather of freedom, just as wit, love, and faith, which once shall become arts and disciplines. We should demand genius from everybody, without, however, expecting it.

You must never regret what might have been. The past that did not happen is as hidden from us as the future we cannot see.

Richard Martin Stern

While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skilled players who can play his most complex pieces. It takes a lot of patience to learn and requires a fantastic memory.

Dweezil Zappa

The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.

Leonard Cohen

We do need each other. It's lonely to really effectively live your life, and anyone you can give help to, or get help from, that's part of your obligation.

Bill Murray

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

Benjamin Disraeli

The success of great scholars and thinkers is commonly a courtier-like success, not kingly, not manly.

Henry David Thoreau

A home is crucial, the foundation of a stable family.

Eric Cantona

Our plans protect freedom and opportunity, and our blueprint is the Constitution of the United States.

Mitt Romney

Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell and when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.

William Saroyan

I believe that whoever tries to think things through honestly will soon recognize how unworthy and even fatal is the traditional bias against Negroes. What can the man of good will do to combat this deeply rooted prejudice He must have the courage to set an example by words and deed, and must watch lest his children become influenced by racial bias.

Albert Einstein

Ihr redet, wenn ihr aufhört mit euren Gedanken in Frieden zu sein.

Kahlil Gibran

Life is a maze in which we take the wrong turn before we have learnt to walk.

Cyril Connolly