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> [When the thunder rumbles, Now the age of gold is dead. When the dreams we've clung to Trying to stay young, Have left us parched and old instead. When my courage crumbles, When I feel confused and frail, When my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bernstein/when-the-thunder-rumbles-now-the-age-of-gold-is-dead-when-the-dreams/)

[Leonard Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-bernstein/)

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## More by Leonard Bernstein

> [A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bernstein/a-liberal-is-a-man-or-a-woman-or-a-child-who-looks-forward-to-a/)

[Leonard Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-bernstein/)

> [I think it is time we learned the lesson of our century: that the progress of the human spirit must keep pace with technological…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bernstein/i-think-it-is-time-we-learned-the-lesson-of-our-century-that-the/)

[Leonard Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-bernstein/)

> [Conducting is like making love to a hundred people at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bernstein/conducting-is-like-making-love-to-a-hundred-people-at-the-same-time/)

[Leonard Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-bernstein/)

> [I'm no longer quite sure what the question is, but I do know that the answer is Yes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bernstein/i-m-no-longer-quite-sure-what-the-question-is-but-i-do-know-that-the/)

[Leonard Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-bernstein/)

> [Our most emotionally active life is lived in our dreams, and our cells renew themselves most industriously in sleep. We reach highest in meditation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bernstein/our-most-emotionally-active-life-is-lived-in-our-dreams-and-our-cells/)

[Leonard Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-bernstein/)

> [Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bernstein/music-can-name-the-unnameable-and-communicate-the-unknowable/)

[Leonard Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-bernstein/)

> [Any asshole can write a tone-row. It takes a composer to write a tune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bernstein/any-asshole-can-write-a-tone-row-it-takes-a-composer-to-write-a-tune/)

[Leonard Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-bernstein/)

> [From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure returns. I resolve to stop complaining.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bernstein/from-new-year-s-on-the-outlook-brightens-good-humor-lost-in-a-mood-of/)

[Leonard Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-bernstein/)

> [Music, because of its specific and far-reaching metaphorical powers, can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bernstein/music-because-of-its-specific-and-far-reaching-metaphorical-powers/)

[Leonard Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-bernstein/)

> [Einstein said that the most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. So why do so many of us try to explain the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bernstein/einstein-said-that-the-most-beautiful-experience-we-can-have-is-the/)

[Leonard Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-bernstein/)

> [When the thunder rumbles, Now the age of gold is dead. When the dreams we've clung to Trying to stay young, Have left us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bernstein/when-the-thunder-rumbles-now-the-age-of-gold-is-dead-when-the-dreams/)

[Leonard Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-bernstein/)

> [Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time... The wait is simply too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bernstein/inspiration-is-wonderful-when-it-happens-but-the-writer-must-develop/)

[Leonard Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-bernstein/)

> [...we can all shut-up and go back to our caves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bernstein/we-can-all-shut-up-and-go-back-to-our-caves/)

[Leonard Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-bernstein/)

> [“We're neither pure, nor wise, nor good We'll do the best we know. We'll build our house and chop our wood And make our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bernstein/we-re-neither-pure-nor-wise-nor-good-we-ll-do-the-best-we-know-we-ll/)

[Leonard Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-bernstein/)

> [I have two answers to everything and one answer to nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-bernstein/i-have-two-answers-to-everything-and-one-answer-to-nothing/)

[Leonard Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-bernstein/)

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