A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.

I don't try to imagine a personal god; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.

We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives

There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.

I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.

Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned.

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.

The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.?

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast