The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.

All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be.

When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.

I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect.

A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century.