Nico Muhly Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
-
I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
-
I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
-
I introduced the Food Security Improvement Act in Congress to remedy the fact that most SNAP beneficiaries find themselves skipping meals or running out of benefits every month.
-
I really would like to be involved in things and to understand things, and in some ways you've got to be careful what you wish for because I feel very, very blessed to have such an interesting life and to be able to have little snapshots of lives of people from many different parts of the world.
-
If I need something, even a pair of socks, my assistant has to get them for me.
-
I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
-
It's common in rural Ireland to pick up a nickname that relates to an animal, bird, or a spider. Mine became 'scorpion' because I fought back, and scorpions are docile creatures until pushed too far.
-
It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.
-
It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring.
-
Madonna did amazing songs. She had an amazing sense of style, without a stylist. And she was flawed, and sometimes she admitted it. I'll fight the fight for Madonna. I think she should send me some chocolates or something to thank me.
-
We need to make more original movies, and audiences would do well to support original movies for the future of the medium.
-
One lives but once in the world.
-
Éramos yo y el mar. Y el mar estaba solo y solo yo. Uno de los dos faltaba.
-
I love my wife. She had money when I didn't.
-
In our depths, I think we all feel very small in relation to the greater universe and God.
-
I strongly favor shortening the campaign season and putting more primaries and caucuses on the same day, preferably regionally.
-
The confusing thing, I thought, was that most of America already knew that we were overly reliant on oil, especially on foreign oil. But it was news that this administration had begun to at least acknowledge that problem.
-
If you ever want to get anywhere in life, you're going to have to push it, and somebody's going to push you to get there. End of story.
-
It was a team effort. We did everything that we needed for the win. You can't put it on one thing. We've been doing a lot of things well. We're playing well together. We're defending. We're doing a lot of positive things out there. We're putting ourselves in a (position) to win. We're giving ourselves a chance every night, just playing well defensively. We feel like every night we can score 100 points, but we've got to stop people.
-
After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
-
Sometimes altering your position is the right thing. Sometimes it's not.
-
All places are alike, and every earth is fit for burial.
-
The score is doing a lot of work. It's like Wagner. It's like a yak carrying people.
