Brian May Quotes

Queen songs are not about the life of a rock star - they tend to be about the lives of normal people, which is why I think the songs connect so much. We're very lucky that they seemingly connect with every generation.

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• That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.

  

  Gamaliel Bailey
  • Money
  • Free
  • Doubt

• I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.

  

  Kate Fleetwood
  • Music
  • Like
  • Dance

• If you're an English actor and turn up in America, they don't have an opinion about where you sit. They have no idea what auditions to send you to, so they send you to everything.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
  • Up
  • America
  • Opinion

• When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Done
  • Role
  • Broadway

• I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Children
  • Soul
  • Evil

• I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.

  

  Barbara Sukowa
  • World
  • Work
  • History

• I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.

  

  Walter Cronkite
  • Different
  • Words
  • Years

• If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.

  

  Manoj Bhargava
  • You
  • Charity
  • Improve

• You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • You
  • Financial
  • Ability

• If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.

  

  A. R. Rahman
  • Work
  • Culture
  • Respect

• I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.

  

  Vera Wang
  • Music
  • Always
  • Dresses

• The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.

  

  H. G. Wells
  • Path
  • Broken
  • Friendships

• Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • People
  • Money
  • Me

• Geek and Sundry has an eclectic line-up of shows all targeted around things I love: Comics, Tabletop Games, Books and more.

  

  Felicia Day
  • Up
  • Love
  • Things

• The idea of collaborating with anyone else was quite daunting. If Battles had any trepidation in asking me, I can assure you I had more after agreeing to do it.

  

  Gary Numan
  • You
  • Me
  • Idea

• I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.

  

  Kari Matchett
  • Love
  • Comedy
  • Characters

• My favorite prayer is Footprints in the Sand. You know that prayer? I know the times that he carried me, you know? I kind of wore him out.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Me
  • Prayer
  • Sand

• There's always a mismatch between small entrepreneurial outfits and large companies, which often don't have the same outlook.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Small
  • Always
  • Same

• I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.

  

  Macaulay Culkin
  • Up
  • Think
  • Growing

• It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there's no point trying to be something you're not.

  

  Laura Marling
  • Time
  • Trying
  • Practice

• The best thing about my job, though, is stopping at the end of the day and rejoining the human universe.

  

  Orson Scott Card
  • Job
  • Day
  • Universe

• I believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role models for all children, and that means interacting with them.

  

  Armistead Maupin
  • People
  • Believe
  • Children

• I don't mind people want to think Muhammad is the greatest fighter around. Everybody wants to make him great because of his mouth, that he was the best. He was good, but that doesn't make him great. I proved that.

  

  Joe Frazier
  • People
  • Good
  • Great

• Queen songs are not about the life of a rock star - they tend to be about the lives of normal people, which is why I think the songs connect so much. We're very lucky that they seemingly connect with every generation.

  

  Brian May Queen
  • People
  • Life
  • Why