Members Quotes
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During a rehearsal of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony the members of the orchestra were so overwhelmingly moved by the conducting of Arturo Toscanini that they rose as one man and applauded him. When the spontaneous cheering has subsided, Toscanini turned to his men, tears glistening in his eyes. "Please . . . please! Don't do this! You see, gentlemen, it isn't me you should applaud. It's Beethoven!"
James Keller -
I really do not understand the members of my generation.
Zeke Smith
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China after Olympics will progress very slowly. But the demands for freedom - on the part of ordinary people but also party members - won't be as easy to contain.
Liu Xiaobo -
It is no use for the honorable member to shake his head in the teeth of his own words.
William E. Gladstone -
One of the symptoms of a declining social order is that its members have to give most of their time to politics, rather than to the real tasks of economic production, in an attempt to patch up the cracks already appearing from the 'inner contradictions' of such a system.
Bernard Crick -
When you come to Parliament on your first day, you wonder how you ever got here. After that, you wonder how the other 263 members got here.
John G. Diefenbaker -
The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.
Phil Jackson -
It won't suit me anyway if I suddenly do rock or traditional R&B because I grew up as a member of Big Bang, and therefore I'm used to it.
Lee Seung-hyun Big Bang
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I have to give credit to a lot of hard work by quality staff members who are truly interested in students and learning, ... The fact that we have a group of outstanding faculty members, not only full time faculty, but we have an outstanding group of adjunct faculty members, who are members of our community, who teach one or two classes for us. Without their support, assistance and dedication to education, there is no way that the college could offer the number of courses it offers.
Larry Williams -
When a leader in the Church inspires council members with vision, he helps them focus on their real mission so that they are ministering to people rather than merely administering programs.
M. Russell Ballard -
Indecision, doubt and fear. The members of this unholy trio are closely related; where one is found, the other two are close at hand.
Napoleon Hill -
Those who are the most devout, outstanding Unification Church members are they the most beautiful people externally or just so-so? Very often, those who have the features of an Idaho potato are the most loyal members of the Unification Church.
Sun Myung Moon -
I would like to see that the members of the Security Council recognize that Milosevic is not complying with the previous resolution and that a very clear message has to be given to President Milosevic that he has to stop immediately and comply with the U.N. resolution.
Javier Solana -
When small towns find they cannot harm the strangest of their members, when eccentrics show resilience, they are eventually embraced and even cherished.
Louise Erdrich
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Occasionally I'll just pull out a rifle and shoot one of my audience members. So far there have been no complaints filed.
Thomas Edward Yorke Atoms for Peace -
Ken, my husband, just smelled like he belonged to me. I'm not talking about hygiene. I'm talking about when you hug him, he either feels like a member of your tribe or not. It's their scent.
Erica Jong -
Most church members live so far below the standard, you would have to backslide to be in fellowship with them.
Vance Havner -
Over the last several days, we have heard from members of Congress who want their voices to be heard. I absolutely agree.
Barack Obama -
Not all G8 members take the view that chemical weapons were in fact used by the Syrian Army. Some actually agree with us that there is no proof.
Vladimir Putin -
I have close family members as well as lots of close friends who are gay. Many of them strongly support gay marriage.
Tony Abbott
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Most groups today aren't groups. In a true group all the members create the arrangements among themselves.
Robby Krieger The Doors -
I held out my hand and George Mitchell said, "Like in everything else, you lead and I'll follow." And the crowd broke up, and we did a twirl or two around the dance floor. And that's like him, you know, he was there for his members, he campaigned for us, he believed in us, and he was really a good sport as well.
Barbara Mikulski -
We need to make sure our members understand and support our position, and it always goes slower than you hope.
Eric Gill -
Generally, elders are among the more reverent members of the Church, but there is no law prescribing their age.
William Brewster