I write music every day.

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

George Santayana

Respect for ones parents is the highest duty of civil life.

Chinese Proverb

The real challenge (in life) is to choose, hold, and operate through intelligent, uplifting, and fully empowering beliefs.

Michael Sky

Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.

Benjamin Franklin

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

Tom Stoppard

We recall the joy and excitement of a nation that had found itself, the collective relief that we had stepped out of our restrictive past, and the expectant air of walking into a brighter future.(Recalling the atmosphere at what he called the ceremonial birth of South African democracy.)

Nelson Mandela, National Geograp

A leader knows what's best to do; a manager knows merely how best to do it.

Ken Adelman

I've got CDs in my car, listening all the time for that next song, because everybody's looking.

Reba McEntire

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.

Epictetus

The paradox of life lies exactly in this: its resources are finite, but it itself is endless. Such a contradictory state of affairs is feasible only because the resources accessible to life can be used over and over again.

I.I. Gitelson

The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence.

Oscar Wilde

Leadership is a choice, not a position.

Stephen Covey