Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
My first letter of acceptance, to UMass - Amherst, came with an offer of a fellowship and a note from John Edgar Wideman.
Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows.
That's the thing about the blues: It's one thing to hit a note on a guitar. To make it matter is something else altogether.
I have not practiced saxophone since 1980. I mean, not one note. I do not pick it up in my house, and that's the end of it.
The Eagles ended on a rather abrupt note, although in retrospect I realize now that it had been ending for quite some time.
What I couldn't have dreamed of is that the fame would last for the rest of our lives without me having to play another note.
You want to be the guy to carry the Stanley Cup around and leave the game on a high note. As we all know that rarely happens.
I want to be part of every note, every single moment going on in the studio. I want nothing forgotten; I want nothing missed.
I can't sing, like, I can't saaang. I'm no Luther! That to me is singing. Being able to hit a note doesn't mean you can sing.
I just thought my 50th year in the BBC is 2018, and it has to end sometime, and I thought that would be a good note to go out.
Every male comedian of note who is over the age of 45 has a kid, and they talk about it and don't get grouped as 'dad comics.'
Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
The year 2016 was a year of revolutionary event, a year of great change, worthy of note in the history of our Party and country.
My earliest memories are at the Blue Note here in New York or backstage at different theatres or different clubs, dressing rooms.
As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note.
I have a huge rib cage, which is why I can hold a note out until I'm blue in the face... because I have such a big lung capacity.
Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest.
It's impossible to play a run with as much feeling as a single note. I've never been so much into runs as making single notes cry.
For me, the only thing that makes one scale different from another is not the starting note; it's the separation of the intervals.
Woody is so musical in his filmmaking. I've never worked with anyone I've trusted so completely. He won't let you hit a false note.
Maybe there's a sort of veneer of optimism about U.S. comedy, whereas perhaps in England, we don't mind ending it on a sourer note.
What is perhaps more worthy of note than how many tsunami dead we've seen, however, is how many other recent dead we have not seen.
I had posted a note on my bedroom door for my mum to 'wake me up-up before you go-go' - and that gave George the idea for the song.
You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.'
'Man v. Food' was the biggest career-defining opportunity. I went from anonymity to someone of note with access to amazing eateries.
I want my kids to understand that when family needs something, I'm there. And, on a different note, all three of my kids are adopted.
Also note that invariably when we design something that can be used by those with disabilities, we often make it better for everyone.
Great musicians, you don't just hear them, you feel them. When I listen to Randy Rhoads, I feel every note. I learned a lot from him.
You can be creative and not addictive, or addictive and not creative. Most addicted people do not produce anything of remarkable note.
Any fool knows that bravado is always a cover-up for insecurity. That's the truth. And on that note, I'll say goodnight. God love you.
I ended my journey with 'Balika'... on a good note, but I've been hearing that I threw tantrums on the set and had an attitude problem.
Please note when you watch a play, you can't pause it and go to the loo or shout into the kitchen for a tea. Learned that the hard way.
There are many types of silence. There is a silence before the note, there is a silence at the end and there is a silence in the middle.
No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's fall No rose has been original.
Joachim Alcine does certain things in the ring that I've seen and taken note of. There are some things I believe I can take advantage of.
Sometimes I can't sleep 'cause I can't get a melody or a beat out my head, so I just have to wake up and, like, record it on a voice note.
I'm always writing at night - things I would change, things I would do differently. When I write a note, it sticks in my head differently.
I'm an inveterate note taker - I scribble all these things down on pieces of paper. I wanted to create some way of organizing all of them.
I don't think I could ever be in a band if we just had to go out there and play the record note for note. I'd give up. I'd become a banker.
And I've made it a choice on my records that sometimes I leave the breath or the trailing note that sometimes falls into a flat or a sharp.
When you come out, and if you're saying something worth taking note of, then people will give you their ears. If you're not, it's whatever.
In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolute insistence that there is no absolute.
Note to all men: If you're going to make mention of something that a woman did, like wear cowboy boots, make sure you've got the right woman!
You try to work with the director and your fellow actors to get somewhere, but other people are the judge of whether you hit that note right.
Did I become a theater person right then, sitting in the Imperial Theater, waiting for the high piccolo note at the start of 'Pippin'? Maybe.
And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science fiction. You'll note there's no science in it. It's a kind of grim fantasy.
Let me say this on a personal note. Without the United States of America, I would in all probably not be able to stand here before you today.
I have had a fantastic career with United, and I owe it to the club, players, and fans to do everything I can to finish on a successful note.
I think John Williams, him and his team, have been incredible orchestrators. By that, I mean how he chooses which instrument plays which note.
Put a Post-It note on your mirror that says: 'Someone has to succeed. There's no reason why it shouldn't be me.' Repeat before every audition.