Leinsdorf Erich Quotes & Sayings

I was sent down to Cuba. Everything had been prepared with the help of Congressman Johnson and his staff. — Erich Leinsdorf

The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem. — Erich Leinsdorf

Depression is a treatable medical illness like cancer and heart disease. — Judith Peacock

The Congressman ascertained that the consulate in Havana had numbers to feed the pigs. — Erich Leinsdorf

A President doesn't have a terribly long time to talk to people who are not really on the agenda. — Erich Leinsdorf

When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet. — Erich Leinsdorf

The essence of mathematics lies precisely in its freedom. — Georg Cantor

I was introduced to Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. The young Congressman was very friendly. — Erich Leinsdorf

The view was in an unearthly way beautiful, but it was also unendurable. It implied too much — Robert Charles Wilson

Nature can do more than physicians. — Oliver Cromwell

I shall become a master in this art only after a great deal of practice. — Erich Fromm

People who earn the label "creative" are really just people who
come up with more combinations of ideas, find interesting ones faster,
and are willing to try them out. The problem is that most schools
and organizations train us out of those habits. — Guy Kawasaki

Innate censors and motivators exist in the brain that deeply and unconsciously affect our ethical premises; from these roots, morality evolved as instinct. If that perception is correct, science may soon be in a position to investigate the very origin and meaning of human values, from which all ethical pronouncements and much of political practice flow. — Edward O. Wilson

When I was introduced to Johnson he was a freshman Congressman. — Erich Leinsdorf

Because of the self-confidence with which he had spoken, no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid. — Leo Tolstoy