There's only one thing worse than a man who doesn't have strong likes and dislikes, and that's a man who has strong likes and dislikes without the courage to voice them.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

Oh man, it's made my life easier....Imagine if a Duke Ellington or a Stravinsky had had a system like that.

Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by harsh measures, except the principle of fear predominates in his character; and then he is never made radically better for its influence.

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.