We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

War does not determine who is right - only who is left