Isaac D'Israeli

It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.

The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.

To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men of genius - the men of reasoning and the men of imagination.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis.