"Oh my God. What in—” I was going to be killed by two generations of beautiful women. While naked. “Mom,” Isabel snapped, interrupting. “Do you mind not staring? It’s totally perv."

“This planet came with a set of instructions, but we seem to have misplaced them. Important rules like don't poison the water, soil, or air, don't let the earth get overcrowded, and don't touch the thermostat have been broken”

Source : "The Impossible Will Take a Little While: Perseverance and Hope in Troubled Times". Book by Paul Loeb, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 29, 2014.

“I got kicked out in grade school because I staged a riot because I wanted more library time.”

“You see misery, you see misfortune, you see pain, you see suffering. It's all part of the fatalistic way of looking at life.”

“I think the silhouette of the kimono costume will become engraved in people's minds. I do think there'll be lots of red accents in the near future. For me personally, I can't see myself flaunting around in a geisha uniform but it'll make me smile when I see what others do with it.”

Source : "Geisha style is a hit with Westerners". www.today.com. December 8, 2005.

“Writing a song is actually quite easy. Writing a good one is very, very difficult.”

“Our society covers these problems with a veil. All I want is an open discussion”

“A good conductor ought to be a good chauffeur; the qualities that make the one also make the other. They are concentration, an incessant control of attention, and presence of mind; the conductor only has to add a little sense of music.”

Source : "Rachmaninoff's Recollections". Book by Oskar von Riesemann, p. 155, 1934.

“No matter how steep the mountain - the Lord is going to climb it with you.”