"We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making."

-- Yo-Yo Ma

#Age Quotes #May Quotes #Golden Quotes

“Berlin's great secret is that he says exactly what he means; sometimes he hits a gigantic line both musically and lyrically -- almost Wagnerian in its strength.”
“Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.”
“Like every other destruction of optimism, whether in a whole civilisation or in a single individual, these must have been unspeakable catastrophes for those who had dared to expect progress. But we should feel more than sympathy for those people. We should take it personally. For if any of those earlier experiments in optimism had succeeded, our species would be exploring the stars by now, and you and I would be immortal.”
“My best hostess tip is to have good food and really good music!”
“A little warning wouldâ€™ve been nice. You couldnâ€™t have said, â€˜Hey, as part of your training today, Iâ€™m going to beat you senselessâ€™?”
“If ever I should affect injustice, it would be in this, that I might do courtesies and receive none.”
“I have a cat, so I know that when she digs her very sharp claws into my chest or stomach it's really a sign of affection, but I don't see any reason for programming languages to show affection with pain.”
“It is increasingly hard for young white people to find jobs, and I can understand why white parents are worried about the future.”

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