Ethnomusicologists Quotes & Sayings

Suffering is everywhere. Don't ever think it isn't. So are miracles. Don't ever think they aren't. — Jewel

Nothing lives long except the earth and the mountains. — Robin Pecknold

In poetry, I have, since very young, loved poetry in translation. The Chinese, the French, the Russians, Italians, Indians and early Celts: the formality of the translator's voice, their measured breath and anxiety moves me as it lingers over the original. — Fanny Howe

Chaga is one of the weirdest mushrooms you may ever see. A fungal parasite found on birch trees, Chaga is a hardened, blackened, crusty formation that looks like a bursting tumor. — Paul Stamets

I never have plans for the future as you never know how things will turn out. — Nigella Lawson

In Greece, Italy and, to a lesser extent, France, unsustainable tax cuts and spending sprees added to households' estimates of their private wealth relative to their wage income. — Edmund Phelps

Ask any guy if sex is important in a relationship and the one who says no is lying. I just haven't met that guy yet. When you meet him, let's get him in to the Smithsonian - he's that special and rare. — Steve Harvey

A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate. — Donella Meadows