Ansermet Debussy Quotes & Sayings

You have brought your own ideas with you into the gaol,' Miss Haxby said, after a moment. 'But our ways at Millbank - as you can see - are rather narrow ones. — Sarah Waters

You are lucky, Thorn. You are very lucky."
"Doubtless. Not every girl gets to be stabbed through the face."
"And by a duke of royal blood too! — Joe Abercrombie

I'm actually with the classics in general in terms of understanding truth in an existential mode. Therefore, philosophy becomes more a way of life as opposed to simply a mode of discourse. — Cornel West

A good novel is the biography of an imaginary person--and when the biography is completed, the person is no longer imaginary; he is as real as his creator — William Edmund Barrett

All I've ever wanted to do was play music and go on the road and make records. — Brody Armstrong

There are poets,there are philosophers, there are spiritualists and me. I try to foot the bill of these mighty three. — Stanley Victor Paskavich

I'm not trying to be some kind of underground renegade. — Alex Winter

By stressing intrinsic value in thought. And it is true that when men have become engrossed in practical devices they are apt to narrow their field of vision and lose sight of the interconnection of the various branches of knowledge. More than that, as is now the case, they will even forget the larger principles they have applied, and on which their well-being depends. — Isabel Paterson

President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need. — Randy Neugebauer

I believe that Judy Garland's artistry was so fine. I mean, when people say: 'oh, she brought so much of her life to her music', I don't really believe that. I believe that she didn't have to. She just was a moving human being. That was her gift. — Bette Midler

The critical method which denies literary modernity would appear - and even, in certain respects, would be - the most modern of critical movements. — Paul De Man

'Portlandia' is the most fun show. When I get a breakdown of what the arc of the story is going to be, I could never in my wildest dreams anticipate the direction. — Kyle MacLachlan

Nobody shoulders a rifle in defense of a boarding house. — Bret Harte

My fantasy was that I was the long-lost switched-at-birth child of wealthy eccentrics. One day, they would find me and take me away from the gypsy caravan that was my life, and give me hot meals, a decent dress, and a pony. — Roberta Pearce