All Sayings

Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose.

Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose.

With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon.

With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon.

I have reached an age when if someone tells me to wear socks, I don't have to.

I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.

I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.

Life without playing music is inconceivable for me. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy in life out of music.

Life without playing music is inconceivable for me. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy in life out of music.

I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.

I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

I am almost ashamed to be living in such peace while all the rest struggle and suffer.

I am almost ashamed to be living in such peace while all the rest struggle and suffer.

He called the patent office 'that worldly cloister where I hatched my most beautiful ideas'.

He called the patent office 'that worldly cloister where I hatched my most beautiful ideas'.

Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do-but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.

Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do-but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.

An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.

But I am very poorly today & very stupid & I hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders.