John H Eaton Quotes & Sayings

It made him chuckle that I would read a book, that I had a thought in my head when all I was good for was a cock in the mouth. — Pepper Winters

We need to open up the future. We also need to keep everything valuable from the past. — John Eaton

If you're a misanthrope you stay at home. There are certain writers who really don't like other people. I'm not like that, I don't think. — Paul Theroux

I really write for people. — John Eaton

We never do what we wish when we wish it, and when we desire a thing earnestly, and it does arrive, that or we are changed, so that we slide from the summit of our wishes and find ourselves where we were. — Mary Shelley

The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision. — Abraham Lincoln

We need to have as broad a range as possible, because life itself has that kind of range. — John Eaton

Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it. — John Eaton

We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life. — John Eaton

Well, let me, first of all, say, that as a microtonal composer, I've never been much of a theorist. — John Eaton

I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music. — John Eaton

I started in this business on soap operas. — Lauren Holly

Nevertheless, one doesn't have time to think, oh, well, this is a quarter tone sharp, or flat. — John Eaton

In the aftermath, we lay side by side, struggling for breath. I reached out, brushing my fingers lightly down his arm. Cesare seized my hand and pressed it to his lips. We remained like that as slowly the world righted itself. — Sara Poole

I think the composer and production staff of an opera have a real responsibility to use visual elements of all kinds to make clear to the American audience, at any rate, exactly what is going on. — John Eaton

In other words, I think that if an audience listens to something as an experience of how in tune it is or something of that kind, that the whole point is somehow being missed, and the music has failed. — John Eaton

We are not loved by our friends for what we are; rather, we are loved in spite of what we are. — Victor Hugo

Insincerity had never come easily to her, but good manners required it on occasion, even if a superhuman effort was needed. — Alexander McCall Smith

A whisper of selflessness echos boundlessly. — Aisha Mirza

I think one of the greatest enemies in the use of technology, however, is the idea that if you use the technology you have to throw other things out of the window. — John Eaton

I've just simply used what I've used because of the great, great expressive potential of it. — John Eaton

It's not important to me to found a school; it's not important to me to have disciples. — John Eaton

The Stone Table [was] a place that served as the OK Corral for the Faerie Courts when they decided to engage in diplomacy by means of murdering anyone on the other team. — Jim Butcher

Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers. — John Eaton

I'm thinking in terms of a point of departure, a field of action for performers to express an expressive need of mine which hopefully the context of music would convey. — John Eaton

The way that I got involved with microtonal music was, frankly, through jazz. — John Eaton

However, yes, especially as one gets older, you know, you really hope that your music will become more generally available, even though some of the performances might be riddled with faults. — John Eaton

If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical point of view, it's all off, and I think the reason for that is that music played a very important part. — John Eaton

But nevertheless, it's music ultimately that matters in opera, and opera is a piece of music reaching out as a vision in sound reaching out to the world. — John Eaton

Shock and desire have my nerves tingling like I've been struck by horny lightning. — Nicole Christie

There were always men who looked beyond the dimensions of their own society- and while they may have been called fools or criminals in their time they are the roster of great men as far as the record of human history is concerned- and visualized something which can be called universally human and which is not identical with what a particular society assumes human nature to be. There were always men who were bold and imaginative enough to see beyond the frontiers of their own existence. — Erich Fromm

I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and expecting an audience to follow that. — John Eaton

What are you doing here, Carrington? I didn't expect you today." "I came to see if Miss Sullivan would care to go for a drive," Carrington said, turning hopeful eyes toward Addie. Her cheeks grew pink. "I'm flattered, Mr. Carrington, but I'm sorry to say I must decline. Edward needs me, and I have other work I must attend to." Carrington huffed and turned to John. "You surely aren't going to work Miss Sullivan all the time, young man." "Of course not. She's welcome to take off any afternoon she pleases, and one whole day a week," John said, glancing at Addie. "Just please clear it with me, Miss Sullivan." "You're very generous," Addie said, standing. "Thank you for your offer, Lord Carrington, but I'm going to be much too busy for the next few weeks for a social life. I need to devote all my free time to Mrs. Eaton's wardrobe. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to tend to Edward. — Colleen Coble

Be larger than your task. — Orison Swett Marden

I was a feral child. Always on the go. My mother used to sew bells into my dresses so they would know where I was. — Sophie Kennedy Clark

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life. — Bryant McGill

I think I was first to do live performances on a modern electronic sound synthesizer. — John Eaton