Edison failed ten thousand times before he perfected the modern electric lamp. The average man would have quit at the first failure. That's why there are so many average men and only one Edison.

If you love this land of the free, bring them home, bring them home, Bring them back from overseas.

Technology will save us if it doesn't wipe us out first.

One of the things I'm most proud of about my country is the fact that we did lick McCarthyism back in the fifties.

Plagiarism is basic to all culture

Sometimes you find an old tune so good you can use it several times for different purposes.

Singing with children in the schools has been the most rewarding experience of my life.