Czerny Imslp Quotes & Sayings

To talk about the future is useful only if it leads to action now. — E.F. Schumacher

Behold, when thy face is made bare, he that loved thee shall hate;
Thy face shall be no more fair at the fall of thy fate
For thy life shall fall as a leaf and be shed as the rain;
And the veil of thine head shall be grief, and the crown shall be pain. — Algernon Charles Swinburne

For a Westerner, it is usually sufficient for a proposition to be logically sound. For a Chinese it is not sufficient that a proposition be logically correct, but it must be at the same time in accord with human nature. — Lin Yutang

I definitely would rather take a nap than get angry. — Natasha Lyonne

Richard grinned, very pleased with himself for having found a way to honor his mother, thwart his father, and serve God, while having a grand adventure at the same time. — Sharon Kay Penman

The ritual works. The forms overcome doubts. We have learned over the centuries to weave meaning around emptiness and pain. A meaning and a pattern. We have been practising that for a very long time. — Hakan Nesser

Woe to the man that first did teach the cursed steel to bite in his own flesh, and make way to the living spirit! — Edmund Spenser

As a citizen of a community, if you never vote or engage, don't be surprised when the outcome doesn't serve your interests; you've never done anything to push things in the right direction. — Rebecca MacKinnon

God is more interested in restoring our hearts to Him, than giving us a happy marriage. — Ngina Otiende

MR. KHARIS: 'Does Mr. Celine seriously suggest that the United States Government is in need of a guardian?'
MR. CELINE: 'I am merely offering a way out for your client. Any private individual with a record of such incessant murder and robbery would be glad to cop an insanity plea. Do you insist that your client was in full possession of its reason at Wounded Knee? At Hiroshima? At Dresden?'
JUSTICE IMMHOTEP: 'You become facetious, Mr. Celine.'
MR. CELINE: 'I have never been more serious. — Robert Anton Wilson

A skilled listener can help people tap into their own wisdom. — Richard Rohr

I grew up in the suburbs, and I listened to hip-hop for the right reasons, which was to understand a culture that was beyond mine, and to understand what was going on in places outside of my sheltered bubble. — Jensen Karp

In printmaking, I essentially use the same process as in painting with one important exception ... to try, with sensitivity to the medium to emphasize what printing can do best ... better than say, painting or collaging or watercolour or drawing or whatever ... Otherwise, the artist expresses the same vision in graphics that he does in his other work. — Robert Motherwell

Space and time are real for the man who is yet imperfect, and space is divided for him into dimensions; time, into past, present, and future. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

Everyone's entitled to a bad day. — Nicholas Sparks