Jobim Quotes & Sayings

I constantly tour, even when I don't have a record out. — Teena Marie

It is difficult to distinguish where the feminine ends and nature begins. — Antonio Carlos Jobim

The songs he chose reflected that same withdrawn, private man, but this man had the gift of expressing his inner soulscape through the medium of some of the 20th century's finest songwriters, from Rodgers and Hart to Antonio Carlos Jobim to Jimmy Webb, and as always, making those songs his own. — Neil Peart

To overcome evil with good is good, to resist evil with evil is evil. — Nazr Mohammed

There's an album by Antonio Carlos Jobim - the album with 'The Girl From Ipanema.' That's the most seductive music ever. — Harry Connick Jr.

I think the relationship between memory and time is a very deep and tricky one, to tell you the truth. I don't consider memory another sense. I do consider memory that which allows us to think that time flows. — Brian Greene

I was a beach boy, and I believe I learned my songs from the birds of the Brazilian forest. — Antonio Carlos Jobim

You have some dark days and dark moments going through chemo and things like that. — Chuck Pagano

If any one should wish to get the kingdom for himself, and to effect this by what he does, I see that he will not succeed. — Lao-Tzu

You don't want madhouse and the whole thing there. — William Empson

What really swings is the music of the United States, Cuba, the Caribbean and vicinity, and, of course, Brazil. The rest is all waltzes. — Antonio Carlos Jobim

Acting is no longer about lying. It's now about revealing the truth. People are at ease with me now. Honesty is the best policy. — Ian McKellen

Club: An assembly of good fellows, meeting under certain conditions. — Samuel Johnson