Defteri Quotes & Sayings

The most difficult instrument to play in the orchestra is second fiddle. — Leonard Bernstein

I know now that I can make it through more than I thought, with less than I thought. I know better than to believe that the changes are over, and I know better than to believe the next ones will be easier, but I've learned the hard way that change is one of God's greatest gifts and one of his most useful tools. — Shauna Niequist

I am always hungry and wanting to have sex. This is a fact. — Eileen Myles

People who are enlightened in previous lifetimes have a certain degree of difficulty in regaining their enlightenment. Sometimes it comes in childhood. Sometimes it takes many years to reintegrate the personality structure that they gained when they first entered into this world. — Frederick Lenz

In the moment between my mother's death and her Return, I stop believing in God. — Carrie Ryan

Disarmed citizens encourage crime and violence. Armed citizens encourage criminals to find a safer line of work. — Harry Browne

Every journey taken always includes the path not taken, the detour through hell, the crossroads of indecision and the long way home. — Shannon L. Alder

I come from a musical family. Mom was a piano teacher for a large portion of her life, and Dad is a saxophone hobbyist who grew up in England during the heyday of Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott. I started taking piano lessons from my Mom, but it's too easy to slack off with your parent, so she passed me on to a friend of hers, where I got more motivated to play music by playing pop hits and TV themes. I did some classical training, but I was always more into the really thematic stuff. — Gerard Cox

Things have a way of moving to the left, and then they move back to the right before somebody finds themselves in the center. That seems to be the nature of the creative world. It's not stagnant. I don't get upset about it. — Phylicia Rashad

relaxed perseverance. — Sharon Salzberg