John Harbison Quotes & Sayings

People have always wanted to 'improve' human beings; for the most part, this has been called morality. — Friedrich Nietzsche

We recognize that North Korea is in severe financial straits, and they have decided to use their resources to build their military, rather than to feed their people and to take care of the various humanitarian responsibilities that they have. — Benjamin Carson

Life belongs to optimists. Pessimists are just viewers. Making it real, starts with our attitude. — Cathy Burnham Martin

King would get the ball off you without you even noticing he's the only defender in England who doesn't hold onto you, and he sometimes still gets the ball off my feet easily. — Thierry Henry

The idea that fast reading is good reading is a twentieth-century weed, springing out of the stony farmland cultivated by the computer manufacturers. — Susan Wise Bauer

If I had to describe the Ineffable Sub, I'd say she was ... indescribably delicious! No, wait. That's Lucky Charms. — Michael Makai

My mom said my whole childhood ... was stop and go. — Rene Russo

Slowly I learnt the ways of humans: how to ruin, how to hate, how to debase, how to humiliate. And at the feet of my Master I learnt the highest of human skills, the skill no other creature owns: I finally learnt how to lie. — Nick Dear

My struggle will be the root of my success story and my patience will soon fill my cup of prosperity...My tears are temporary.-Lekisha — Lekisha Lyles

We do not see into men's hearts. We cannot judge, and are indeed forbidden to judge. — C.S. Lewis

Of course, we all need to have basic necessities met, such as good health care, good food, good education and good housing. But what is good? Having too much is bad, as having too little is also bad. — Satish Kumar

We do not long remember those artists who followed the rules more diligently than anyone else. We remember those who made the art from which the "rules" inevitably follow. — David Bayles