"My present post amounts to about 700 thaler, and when there are rather more funerals than usual, the fees rise in proportion; but when a healthy wind blows, they fall accordingly..." Johann Sebastian Bach
"I have no patience with women who measure and weigh their love like a country doctor dispensing capsules. If a man is worth loving at all, he is worth loving generously, even recklessly." Marie Dressler
"The examining physician often hesitates to make the necessary examination because it involves soiling the finger." Dr. William James Mayo
"He can't see a belt without hitting below it." Margot Tennant Asquith
"My favorite thing is to go where I've never been." Diane Nemerov
"Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in effect, paying attention to the views of the people. Any other interpretation is nonsense."
"Hollywood to me is a civilization easily as complex, fascinating, and mysterious as ancient Egypt."