Paul Hindemith Quotes

Your task it is, amid confusion, rush, and noise, to grasp the lasting, calm and meaningful, and finding it anew, to hold and treasure it.

Paul Hindemith

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• For a band like us tracklisting is a massive, massive task.

  

  Ed O'Brien Radiohead
  • Band
  • Like
  • Task

• It's just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.

  

  Adam McKay
  • Different
  • Funny
  • News

• Sustaining an audience with a web series is an impossible task.

  

  Felicia Day
  • Audience
  • Impossible
  • Task

• Politicians are, in general, receptive to those who make the most noise.

  

  Dan Pink
  • Politicians
  • Noise
  • General

• You know, sometimes I get moments of inspiration when I'm writing something and then the task seems so daunting that it just kind of scares me away.

  

  Adam Pascal
  • Writing
  • Inspiration
  • Task

• We are trying to remake Vietnamese society, a task which certainly cannot be accomplished by force and which probably cannot be accomplished by any means available to outsiders.

  

  J. William Fulbright
  • Trying
  • Society
  • Task

• A 'scream' is always just that - a noise and not music.

  

  Carl Jung
  • Music
  • Always
  • Noise

• I've been through my highs, I've been through my lows; I've been through the gamut of all things in this business. Being too thin. Being bigger. I've been criticized for being on both sides of the scale. It's noise I block out automatically. I love my body.

  

  Christina Aguilera
  • Business
  • Body
  • Bigger

• I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise.

  

  Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings
  • Song
  • Ridiculous
  • Noise

• To the confusion of our enemies.

  

  J. Robert Oppenheimer
  • Enemies
  • Confusion

• Give yourself an impossible task and solve it - then you've got a really good story.

  

  Carl Reiner
  • Good
  • Story
  • Task

• Never is the gospel of Jesus Christ more beautiful than in times of intense need, or in times of a severe storm within us as individuals, or in times of confusion and turmoil.

  

  Harold B. Lee
  • Beautiful
  • Jesus
  • Storm

• And too much information can drive a man mad. Too much information becomes just Noise. And it never, never stops.

  

  Patrick Ness
  • Stop
  • Mad
  • Information

• The noise is so loud that birds, waves, and people are silenced by the frantic roar of morons screaming and tearing back and forth, back and forth, devastating the peace of a quiet day at the beach and the joy of fellow boatmen on the water.

  

  Katharine Hepburn
  • People
  • Peace
  • Water

• I am a strong believer that without justice, there is no peace. No lasting peace, anyway.

  

  Angelina Jolie
  • Strong
  • Peace
  • Justice

• In almost every task involving form, there are dozens, often hundreds of contradictory elements, which need to be forced to work in harmony by man's will. This harmony can be acheived only through art.

  

  Alvar Aalto
  • Work
  • Art
  • Harmony

• We ask only to be reassured About the noises in the cellar And the window that should not have been open

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Should
  • Window
  • Noise

• A bomb makes more noise than a caress, but for each bomb that destroys, there are millions of caresses that nourish life.

  

  Facundo Cabral
  • Life
  • Noise
  • Bombs

• Still the noise in the mind: that is the first task - then everything else will follow in time.

  

  R. Murray Schafer
  • Time
  • Mind
  • Noise

• I'm extremely worried. I'm worried about the survival of our species, worried about what we're doing, worried about being Americans, worried about depletion of resources. On the other hand, we are trying. We are trying to understand our impact on the environment.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • Trying
  • Hand
  • Environment

• He must have smart, well-trained people to run day-to-day activities. He must check up on them and make sure the job is getting done while he stacks the deck for future success.

  

  Hal Moore
  • Job
  • Activities
  • Future success

• I wasn't blessed with this unique talent for nothing. I have to put it on display. The game hasn't retired me. When I went through all of my struggles, I became a champion right then. Now I just have to walk through my destiny.

  

  Antonio Tarver
  • Destiny
  • Talent
  • Struggles

• Your task it is, amid confusion, rush, and noise, to grasp the lasting, calm and meaningful, and finding it anew, to hold and treasure it.

  

  Paul Hindemith
  • Confusion
  • Task
  • Noise