Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself.
American teachers have one indisputable advantage over foreign ones; they understand the American temperament and can judge its unevenness, its lights and its shadows.
Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius.
You know too well the forces which compose their army to dread their superior numbers.
Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.
I find when you talk with the Chinese on most subjects, they are very practical.
Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.
I don't think you can impose a social order from the top down.
If you look at the US economy over the last 15-20 years wages have been stagnating or even declining.
If I would need to make a prediction I still believe Kaplan's scenario is very plausible.
More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation.
I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!
The moon is essentially gray, no color; looks like plaster of Paris or sort of a grayish beach sand.
Boys like either dinosaurs or airplanes. I was very much an airplane boy.
It is provided by the Constitution that the President shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the Union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.
When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
We went into darkness after being in daylight the whole time on the way to the Moon. And then we went into darkness. And we're in the shadow... of the Moon.
I would suspect strongly that over a period of time, if we put our mind to going to Mars, it will be a consortium of several countries.
Half the issues they - are so polished they're talking about - are dead by the time they get into the office, and into the midst of their tour where they're really productive.
Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French... and they got together and swore a pact to the devil.
