So many books, so little time.

I would say that today, dishonesty is the rule, and honesty the exception. It could be, statistically, that more people are honest than dishonest, but the few that really control things are not honest, and that tips the balance.

As far as rearing children goes, the basic idea I try to keep in mind is that a child is a person. Just because they happen to be a little shorter than you doesn't mean they are dumber than you.

Why do you necessarily have to be wrong just because a few million people think you are?

I think the anti-smoking business is a yuppie invention-an extension of the concept that "we'll always be young, rich, and healthy."

All the old history was written for the amusement of the ruling classes. The lower classes couldn't read, and their rulers didn't care about remembering what happened to them.

Information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, wisdom is not truth, truth is not beauty, beauty is not love, love is not music. Music is the best.

Believe it or not, there are places in the world where music is important. There are places in the world where all the arts are a matter of national pride.

"Conducting" is when you draw "designs" in the nowhere-with a stick, or with your hands-which are interpreted as "instructional messages" by guys wearing bow ties who wish they were fishing.

We could improve worldwide mental health if we acknowledged that parents can make you crazy.