"We must sacrifice something in order to make the world better."

“There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them work.”

“There are two kind of mathematicians, smart ones, and dumb ones. I am one of the dumb ones.”

“It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.”

“Free your mind from the colonization of thinking within the obtuse parameters of 'right' and 'left', of conservatives and liberals.”

“To lovers, I devise their imaginary world, with whatever they may need, as the stars of the sky, the red, red roses by the wall, the snow of the hawthorn, the sweet strains of music, and aught else they may desire to figure to each other the lastingness and beauty of their love.”

Source : "A Last Will," Harper'sWeekly, 3 Sept. 1898

“My music is just fresh. Everybody say it's a breath of fresh air because it's not like the normal Houston sound you would hear. I am from Houston and I use that same slang and I carry myself the same way as a Houstonian and I'm a Houston dude born and raised, but the music is a lil bit different due to the things I've seen and the things I've learned and put that into my music.”

“My work should be judged as it enters the ears and heads of listeners, not as it is described to the eyes of readers.”

Source : "Schoenberg‎". Book by Merle Armitage, p. 143, 1971.

“That is the beauty of cancer, it tells you that your days are limited, that you could die at any point. It is that perspective that allows you to live a better life while you're here.”