The ‘corporatization of America’ during the past century [has been] an attack on democracy.

Make today worth remembering.

I didn’t just come in on a load of turnips!

All our progress is an unfolding, like a vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

I never trust an executive who tends to pass the buck. Nor would I want to deal with him as a customer or a supplier.

Nobody says hey, men should not drink. It’s all about women must dress differently , women must walk differently, women must drink differently. Why are we not able to hold men to account for this behavior?

They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

Train hard, turn up, run your best and the rest will take care of itself.

It is nobler to be good, and it is nobler to teach others to be good – and less trouble!

Where you start is not as important as where you finish.

All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die.

I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.

I’ll play it first and tell you what it is afterwards.

He is great who is what he is from nature, and who never reminds us of others.

There are a million good tunes.

The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor.

I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope.

When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins.

If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sun beams and you will always look lovely!