I never climbed any ladder: I have achieved eminence by sheer gravitation.

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.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.

Our prejudices are so deeply rooted that we never think of them as prejudices but call them common sense.

There are no perfectly honorable men; but every true man has one main point of honor and a few minor ones.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.