Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It's the kind of a life a decent man leads, it's something to live for and to die for.

Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

One of the disadvantages of being a patrician is that occasionally you're obliged to act like one.

A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not.

Science is telling us that the reason people die is not because some god said so or because the laws of nature mandate it. People always die because of technical problems. And every technical problem has, in principle, a technical solution.

The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you.

I think that artworks are like these spiritual objects: I think that they have energies and powers beyond what the eye can see.

Change is growth. For me it has been a very spiritual and musical rebirth.