Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
The followers of a great man often put their eyes out, so that they may be the better able to sing his praise.
Quotes to Explore
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I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
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The sweetest of all sounds is praise.
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I sing around the house, in the shower.
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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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You got to have smelt a lot of mule manure before you can sing like a hillbilly.
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The songs I love to sing are story songs, from Yiddish songs to Tom Waits.
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He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.
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I celebrate myself, and sing myself.
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I don't sing anything that hurts my voice.
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Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.
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To draw you must close your eyes and sing.
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A great man is always willing to be little.
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Diana had a high thin voice that used to annoy me. Eddie too, ... We'd say, 'Why don't we let Mary (Wilson) sing the song?' But Brian was adamant, it's got to be Diana. Two against one, but we finally let her sing. We brought the keys down for Diana, to give her a fuller sound.
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It's not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can't just sing about anything.
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Oh, I just sing like I hurt inside.
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I’m a Virgo; it’s in my sign to be hard on myself.
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I enjoyed it when football crowds in the early days would sing 'All together now' - that was another one. I was also pleased when the movement in America took up 'Give peace a chance' because I had written it with that in mind really.
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I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing "Funny Face" when I couldn't sing and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.
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Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity and obedience. It is in being humble that our love becomes real, devoted and ardent. If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are. If you are blamed you will not be discouraged. If they call you a saint you will not put yourself on a pedestal.
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People always want to identify a writer with their protagonist.
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The followers of a great man often put their eyes out, so that they may be the better able to sing his praise.
