There is only one belief that can rob death of its sting and the grave of its victory. For without that you cannot be born again.

The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.

If you do not write for publication, there is little point in writing at all.

Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. If all economists were laid end to end they would not reach a conclusion.

The technical history of modern harmony is a history of growth of toleration by the human ear of chords that at first sounded discordant and senseless to the main body of contemporary professional musicians.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.