My dear Excellency! I have not gone to war to collect cheese and eggs, but for another purpose.
Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take away a moment.
Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
I mean, look how many musicians have come through and played beside me, and I'm workin' and they're not.
By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
To perceive means to immobilize... we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself.
If more people were actively engaged in advocating their positions I think we'd have a better society.
One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is when we see its separate forms jumbled together.
In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face.
We are laying the foundations of a government, which we hope may outlast the Pyramids.
I went to Princeton in the fall of 1930 as a half-time instructor.
Don't you always feel bad when they take away one of the spoons? It's like you ordered wrong.
I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.
If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job.
The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color.
Do some selfless service for people who are in need. Consider the whole picture, not just our little selves.
Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause.
I think I have the skills. I'm a great judge of talent. I just know basketball.
I'm too shy, really to be able to hang out with my heroes for too long.
One of my grandsons used to insist, when he was only 3 or 4, that he had been born and had lived in India.