"The fruit of my tree of knowledge is plucked, and it is this: “Adventures are to the adventurous.”"

"Grief is the agony of an instant: the indulgence of grief is the blunder of life."

"Most people die with their music still locked up inside them."

"There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics."

"Read no history; nothing but biography, for that is life without theory."