Eleanor Roosevelt

Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.

A mask of gold hides all deformities.

If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting.