In fact, quite a lot of what I do has to do with sound texture, and, you can’t notate that. You can’t notate the sound of “St. Elmo’s Fire.” There’s no way of writing that down. That’s because musical notation arose at a time when sound textures were limited.
BRIAN ENOIf you never want to be criticized, for goodness sake don’t do anything new.
More Jeff Bezos Quotes
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Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE -
A watch worn by a particle of light would not tick at all. Light realizes the dreams of Ponce de Leon and the cosmetics industry: it doesn’t age.
BRIAN GREENE -
Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE -
Hatred is internal calamity that destroys the keeper.
AFTAB ALAM -
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
OSCAR WILDE -
It’s time for action. Action is peace.
YOKO ONO -
Autumn clouds, vague and obscure; The evening, lonely and chill. I felt the dampness on my garments, But saw no spot, and heard no sound of rain.
BAI JUYI -
An individual who is afraid to go outdoors for fear of being hit by a meteorite is generally regarded as neurotic.
ROBERT HOOKE -
It is unthinkable to have a British countryside that doesn’t have actual functioning farmers riding tractors, cows in fields, things like that.
BILL BRYSON -
What a brave privilege is it to be free from all contentions, from all envying or being envied, from receiving or paying all kinds of ceremonies!
ABRAHAM COWLEY -
In his mercy, He sent the storm itself to make us seek help. And then knowing that we’re likely to get the wrong answer, He gives us a multiple choice exam with only one option to choose from: the correct answer. The hardship itself is ease.
YASMIN MOGAHED -
The motto I live by is you can’t out-train bad nutrition . You’ve got to just eat healthy. So like 90 per cent of it is diet, 10 per cent of it is working out.
SCOTT EASTWOOD -
The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old.
BILL CLINTON -
I was constantly told and challenged to live my life as a warrior. As a warrior, you assume responsibility for yourself. The warrior humbles himself. And the warrior learns the power of giving.
BILLY MILLS