The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

Renown and repose do not go together.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.