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.

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.