Erstedi Quotes & Sayings

That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the style of Brahms or Mendelssohn, which was distressing because in the end you realized how good Brahms is, and how bad you are. — Elliott Carter

The stories leaders and others tell, few of which are true, are a lousy foundation on which to base any sort of science, and we know how to accomplish behavioral change and the importance of priming, informational saliency, and social networks. Producing inspiration and other good feelings doesn't last very long. — Jeffrey Pfeffer

Once Sally gets an idea in her head, there's not much room for too much else ... — Mira Grant

Cooking is exactly like making music. — Charlie Trotter

What luxury would I take to a desert island? A mirror. It's true. I'd miss me. — Simon Cowell

I am an emptiness for Thee to fill; my soul a cavern for Thy sea — George MacDonald

Had I known that the Germans would not succeed in producing an atomic bomb, I would not have lifted a finger. — Albert Einstein

The light that shined upon the summit now seems almost to shine at our feet. — Woodrow Wilson

Her doctor called it depression, but Naomi knew that as bad as depression could be, the dark times were worse. In the dark times her mother took too many pills. — Nora Roberts

Ever since I was an itty bitty kitty, been drinking liquor out of Mama's titty. — Tupac Shakur

I think, at heart, unless you discover faith in something else, something other, it's very hard to shake the thing that you're adrift alone. — Robert Smith

To fly/steal is woman's gesture, to steal into language to make it fly. — Helene Cixous

My production style is all about imagination. I want my audience to use their imagination when they watch my videos. My goal is for my voice to be that little hope of encouragement in your head when you walk out your door. — Michelle Phan

It taught me that ... there can be no true humility and no true compassion where there is no courage. — Whittaker Chambers

The peace we seek to win is not victory over any other people, but the peace that comes "with healing in its wings;" with compassion for those who have suffered; with understanding for those who have opposed us; with the opportunity for all the peoples of this Earth to choose their own destiny. — Richard M. Nixon