If somebody says 'I love you' to me, I feel as though I had a pistol pointed at my head. What can anybody reply under such conditions but that which the pistol holder requires? 'I love you, too'.

If you meet a woman in a burqa she can't reply to your smile. It's a denial of identity.

This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely more beautifully more devotedly than ever before.

Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying 'Just watch!'

I am surprised by how not-adopted the video reply has been. What keeps other people from doing it I think is that they think a video comes across as 'I'm cool look at how many e-mails I get.' That perception doesn't scare me because I know who I am.

Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.