Pablo Casals Quotes
The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older, but younger with time, more slender, more supple, more graceful.
Quotes to Explore
-
You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.
-
I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
-
All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.
-
Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
-
The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
-
I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
-
You can go down the list of great artists and kind of understand that they are products of their environment. Whether it's U2 or Henry Rollins or myself or Johnny Lydon, they're gonna be products of their environment.
-
All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
-
I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
-
Certainly, if we had not invaded Iraq on intelligence that was clearly manipulated and cherry picked, we would be in a different position today.
-
It took years for me to figure out what my body needs and that what works for my friends doesn't necessarily work for me. Doing yoga five times a week has transformed my body.
-
If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent.
-
If I were to meet the most incredible man, and he just so happened to not make as much money as I do, I wouldn't hold it against him.
-
To me, being in your prime means playing your best and feeling your best, too.
-
Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.
-
Miguel has this Prince, Marvin Gaye, old-school feel that I love.
-
A glimpse at my night stand gives the mostly true impression that I am a book hoarder.
-
Well, I'm a professional.
-
And there is a lot of idiosyncrasy. But there are also regularities and phenomena. And what the data is going to be able to do - if there's enough of it - is uncover, in the mess and the noise of the world, some lines of music that actually have harmony. It's there, somewhere.
-
I think right now is the best time for stand-up, ever. I sincerely do.
-
My father, an engineer, was the gentlest man I knew.
-
My mother died in 2005. She was 61 years old.
-
The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older, but younger with time, more slender, more supple, more graceful.
