'Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time... The wait is simply too long.' -Leonard Bernstein
'We live in a world where lemonade is made from aritificial flavoring and furniture polish is made from real lemons' -Alfred E. Neuman, The Half-Wit and Wisdom of Alfred E. Neuman (MAD magazine)
'Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones.' -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), 'Julius Caesar', Act 3 scene 2
'For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them yourself.' -Rita Mae Brown
'The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. That is part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to...