May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge that through forty years of my life my life has been an open book of service to my fellow architects and for the public good.

The Republican form of government is the highest form of government; but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature -- a type nowhere at present existing.

Herbert Spencer

Trio life has the wonderful advantage of not being alone, the pleasure of having success with two other people and the solace when you don't have success.

Bernard Greenhouse

The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.

Anton Chekhov

Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Plato

Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.

Igor Stravinsky

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

Yasutani Roshi

The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.

Carl Sagan

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other is to read Pope

Oscar Wilde

When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.

John A. Shedd

How much do you as a consumer value a positive experience with a brand or its customer service department? How willing are you to share that with your friends? How inclined are you to let that person know that you're interaction with them was positive?

Simon Mainwaring

The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances, and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it?

Ronnie James Dio

A person's worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society.

Kjell Magne Bondevik