No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: he is always convinced that it says what he means.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Tradition will accustom people to any atrocity

The function of the actor is to make the audience imagine for the moment that real things are happening to real people.

Some people look at the world and say 'why?' Some people look at the world and say 'why not?'

Opera is when a tenor and soprano want to make love, but are prevented from doing so by a baritone.

It is not the number of years we have behind us, but the number we have before us, that makes us careful and responsible and determined to find out the truth about everything.