The language of priorities is the religion of socialism.
He'd be better off shoveling snow.
I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.
The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but the most difficult to play.
I want to be able to depict in music a glass of beer so accurately that every listener can tell whether it is a Pilsner or a Kulmbacher.
I shall never be converted, and I shall remain true to my old religion of the classics until my life's end.
Ideas, like young wine, should be put in storage and taken up again only after they have been allowed to ferment and to ripen.
On Mars, the crumbling remains of ancient civilizations may be found, mutely testifying to the one-time glory of a dying world.
While majority opinion may not take kindly to forms of modern art, that same majority has also been hostile to most original and radical innovations, such as automobiles or airplanes or transatlantic cables or Protestantism or the theory that the earth is round and not flat.
Vision rarely require immediate action. It requires patience.
Celebrating creates an atmosphere of recognition and positive energy. Imagine a team winning the World Series without champagne spraying everywhere. And yet companies win all the time and let it go without so much as a high five. Work is too much a part of life not to recognize moments of achievement. Make a big deal out of them. If you don't, no one will.