Mozart is expressing something that is more than human.

Everyone wants immediate success, immediate celebrity, and that doesn't produce what used to be artists.

Conducting has more to do with singing and breathing than with piano-playing.

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.

Mozart is expressing something that is more than human.

To lose your temper is only useful once a year.

All the conductor has to do is stand back and try not to get in the way. Mozart is doing all the work.

You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a valuable person. You become valuable because of the knowledge that you have. And that doesn't mean you won't fail sometimes. The important thing is to keep trying.

I don't think about fashion or trends - I've never really been that kind of person.

Make yourself your role model, because people who do not have qualities depend on the qualities of others to shape their own qualities.

I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.

America is the world's engine but also its conscience. We are the petri dish of diversity and inclusiveness.

Half a truth is often a great lie.

Who buys French cars? Not me.

You're never going to please everyone, and if you do, there's something wrong.

You dont need a religious background to strive for something good for genuine compassion and love for others.

For me, a dream partner is someone who is willing to learn and to put their trust in me.

It is important to find a publisher and equally important not to be noticed until your third or fourth book.

My biggest complaint with tights is that they do not accommodate skinny-ankled people like myself.

If we knew exactly what to expect throughout the Solar System, we would have no reason to explore it.

We're just enthusiastic about what we do.

Nothing is black or white, nothing's 'us or them.' But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world. There's incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope.

We can, and must, shift to an economy in which 100% of our electricity is generated renewably.

Ever since childhood, I've been interested in history and myth. Not just the facts and figures of the past, but everything that contributes to shape our perception of an age: architecture, art, literature and so forth.

Sexy is confident.

Like other men, I have sought honours and preferment, and often have obtained them beyond my wishes or hopes. Yet never have I found in them that content which I had figured beforehand in my mind. A strong reason, if we well consider it, why we should disencumber ourselves of vain desires.

What I've learned from my own journey, and from my family's experience with cancer, is how important it is to stay positive and move forward. Not every day is going to be perfect; that's life. But staying positive is going to get you to the next day.

I always looked up to great actors and great films. A lot of my family would be like, 'Come on, you should get into these plays that are going on.' I'm like, 'Nah, nah, music's my thing.' I just fell into it. I moved to Atlanta, got with an agency out there, started doing little voiceover commercials, and it started getting kind of fun.

My life is a mosaic, and there's no room in between pieces at all.

I've broken my wrist, dislocated toes and shoulders, gotten stitches, you name it. However, the worst was a severely bruised femur. I got body checked into an open gate while playing hockey. The doctor couldn't believe I didn't shatter my femur.

My father was predisposed to drunken rages. I would hide under the bed. My sister and I were talking just the other day about the terror a drunken man in a rage can create in a child.