No woman is worth the loss of a night's sleep.

In the first movement alone, I took note of six pregnancies and at least four miscarriages.

As you'll never hear the thing again, my boy, why not throw in a couple of brass bands?

A soprano in Massenet's Don Quixote complained that she had missed her entry in the aria, "because Mr. Challiapin always dies too soon." "Madam, you must be profoundly in error," said Sir Thomas, "No operatic star has yet died half soon enough for me."

The bagpipes sound exactly the same when you have finished as when you started

There are no woman composers, never have been and possibly never will be.

We cannot expect you to be with us all the time, but perhaps you could be good enough to keep in touch now and again.