Franz Liszt Quotes

Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.

Franz Liszt

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• I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.

  

  Larry Hovis
  • Time
  • Kind
  • Never

• New York is such a versatile city, and there's always something new to discover.

  

  Abbey Lee Kershaw
  • City
  • Always
  • New York

• I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.

  

  Zaha Hadid
  • Loved
  • London
  • WIld

• Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.

  

  A. Whitney Brown
  • School
  • High
  • High School

• People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'

  

  Jack Ma
  • People
  • Think
  • Too Much

• Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.

  

  Wayne Rooney
  • Time
  • Perfect
  • Best

• I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Audience
  • Find
  • Situation

• I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.

  

  Pat Cash
  • You
  • Tennis
  • McDonald

• I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • History
  • Learning
  • Best

• There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.

  

  Zygmunt Bauman
  • Life
  • Happiness
  • Meaningful

• A lot of times on tour it's about, 'OK, where am I today? Wow, I'm in Costa Rica. What is their famous dish?' And it's about trying the food, and really experiencing it.

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
  • Trying
  • Food
  • Famous

• One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.

  

  Gabrielle Roy
  • Earth
  • Destiny
  • Own

• I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.

  

  Garth Nix
  • Mind
  • Sea
  • Walk

• If one is going to change the definition of marriage to be, quote, 'same sex,' then there is absolutely no valid argument constitutionally or rhetorically you can make against multiple people getting married. These are radical social changes.

  

  Gary Bauer
  • People
  • Change
  • Marriage

• Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • Done
  • Health
  • Day

• You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.

  

  Kalpana Chawla
  • Fun
  • Journey
  • Enjoy

• Most good roles are written for young men. We are fixated on youth. So however much people say there is nothing wrong with being bald, the reality is once the hair is gone, you might not get the parts.

  

  Ian Hart
  • People
  • Good
  • Men

• We may be in a tough time right now, but when we are in a tough time is when our movement gets really strong.

  

  Patricia Ireland
  • Time
  • May
  • Strong

• If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.

  

  Barry Goldwater
  • Good
  • Mind
  • Butter

• The average age of our members is about 79. They expected them (leaders) to be taking care of everything, and in reality, they were taking care of nothing.

  

  R. Gerald Turner
  • Age
  • Reality

• Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.

  

  Alice Miller
  • Words
  • Learning
  • Listening

• I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.

  

  Orson Welles
  • Hate
  • Stop
  • Television

• Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.

  

  Franz Liszt
  • Music
  • Art
  • Words