Virgil Thompson Famous Quotes
The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish.
Virgil Thompson Quotations
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Henry J Kaiser
A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world. Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror.
Kahlil Gibran
The mistake a lot of politicians make is forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.
Claude Pepper
Expecting a carjacker or rapist or drug pusher to care that his possession or use of a gun is unlawful is like expecting a terrorist to care that his car bomb is taking up two parking spaces.
Joseph T Chew
I hear many condemn these men because they were so few. When were the good and the braver every in a majority
Henry David Thoreau
A generation which ignores history has no past and no future.
Robert Anson Heinlein
"We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists ... in the loved one, perfection."
Sidney Poitier
"Success gravitates toward those who are perceived to be successful. Regardless of how you feel within, you must emanate success if you want to attract people to your cause."
Jeff Herman
It was the same with those old birds in Greece and Rome as it is now. The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.
Harry S Truman
The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever.
Herb Caen