Cyril Connolly Quotes
Peace ... is a morbid condition, due to a surplus of civilians, which war seeks to remedy.
Quotes to Explore
-
In the daytime, I was studying at school and in the evenings, I was a stage kid. I was trained in theatre and public speaking. I was a really active kid.
-
Prog didn't really go away. Just took a catnap in the late Seventies. A new generation of fans discovered it, and a whole new array of bands and solo artists took it on into the new millennium.
-
I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
-
It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
-
The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
-
It's just like heirloom tomatoes; this is heirloom music. We used to have all kinds of diversity in our poultry, in our vegetables, in our fruits, and slowly but surely the monoculture beast comes in. I'm saying that's not a good idea. And if it means that I gotta do it on my own, then I do it on my own.
-
I'm from working-class, blue-collar America, and I don't believe that people in that socioeconomic strata wait until they're 40 to have children.
-
I was brought up in industrial south Lancashire, down the cobbled road from where LS Lowry (1887 - 1976) lived and painted.
-
Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.
-
I win by submissions, knockouts. There's guys ranked above me, but no one's interested in seeing them fight. They want to see me fight.
-
There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
-
Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.
-
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
-
It's kind of fun to be sexy.
-
Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
-
I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
-
I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.
-
A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
-
I don't like pretentious films or pretentious people.
-
Never again war! Never again hatred and intolerance!
-
I've always had not just an affection but a real love for the theater family in New York, and I really feel it is a family. I'm so touched by the generosity of everyone there.
-
Eating more consciously now feels like a way of being. I actually think about how my food got to my plate.
-
The role of president, as George W. Bush commented in 2000, requires vision, management, and an eye for talent - not so different from that of CEO. But during the first years of Carter's presidency, his Cabinet was anything but businesslike, beset by infighting and meetings that ambled.
-
Peace ... is a morbid condition, due to a surplus of civilians, which war seeks to remedy.
