"Has God forgotten all I have done for Him?" King Louis XIV
"You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence." Charles Austin Beard
"Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures." Francois Mauriac
"On a good day, I view the job [of University president] as directing an orchestra. On the dark days, it is more like that of a clutch—engaging the engine to effect forward motion, while taking greater friction."
"If, as some of them say, we were exciting fans to the point of violence then surely the law would have been on to us. No performer wants that and nothing of the kind was ever intended. We're a new act with a new way of presenting our material. Sure it's different from, for instance, the Bachelors, just as Presley was never expected to present his numbers in the style of Sinatra." Carl Wayne