Choirmaster Quotes & Sayings

Knowledge, he realized, was obtained rather by the use of the ear than of the tongue. — Walter Isaacson

So much of her time spent like this: dreaming up things to say and never quite saying them. — Colum McCann

The test of ahimsa is the absence of jealousy. The man whose heart never cherishes even the thought of injury to anyone, who rejoices at the prosperity of even his greatest enemy, that man is the bhakta, he is the yogi, he is the guru of all. — Swami Vivekananda

The biggest hack a motivation hacker can perform is to build her confidence to the size of a volcano. An oversized eruption of Expectancy can incinerate all obstacles in the path to any goal when you combine it with good planning. Value — Nick Winter

When Events are delivered to interested parties, in either local or foreign systems, they are generally used to facilitate eventual consistency. — Vaughn Vernon

When I was very young, I was already a fabulador. I loved to give my own version of stories that everybody already knew. When I got out of a movie with my sisters, I retold them the whole story. In general they liked my version better than the one they had seen. — Pedro Almodovar

Gratefulness is that fullness of life for which we are all thirsting. — David Steindl-Rast

I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place. — Winston Churchill

As anyone who is gay will confirm, being that way is not something you become, it is a set of emotional and physical responses that just are. — Lance Loud

America is greatest country; but not our government. — Marco Rubio

Make Him your friend and protector and your felicity is secured both here and hereafter. And with respect to particular duties to Him, it is your happiness that you are well assured that he best serves his Maker, who does most good to his country and to mankind. — William Samuel Johnson

My aspirations never lay with boxing, but that's the way I was pushed. I was still a choirboy when I started boxing because I remember I went to choir practice every Wednesday night. I missed some Wednesday nights if I was boxing and then when I missed it I'd have to tell the choirmaster why. I had a battle between the choir and boxing. When my voice inevitably broke, boxing won. — Stephen Richards

Panem et Circenses translates into 'Bread and Circuses.' The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power. — Orson Scott Card

This is a delicious evening, when the whole body is one sense, and imbibes delight through every pore. — Henry David Thoreau

I was taught to watch for gentle souls, as they've not the wit to look after themselves. — Erika Swyler

Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them. — Alan Perlis