Minoli Restaurant Quotes & Sayings

For me a page of good prose is where one hears the rain. A page of good prose is when one hears the noise of battle ... A page of good prose seems to me the most serious dialogue that well-informed and intelligent men and women carry on today in their endeavor to make sure that the fires of this planet burn peaceably. — John Cheever

Whenever I heard a musician do something that I could not explain, I went back to the theory in order to figure it out. — George Russell

I couldn't buy my way - I had to work my way. What a great quote: 'I couldn't buy my way into success, I had to work my way into success.' — Stewart Rahr

Just about ANY personality trait or skill can be learned: simply find it in someone you know and copy it. Then watch what happens. — Steve Goodier

I mostly play old period songs, as they suit a ukulele more. I bought it when I saw the tribute concert to George Harrison. Joe Brown came on and sang 'I'll See You In My Dreams,' and there wasn't a dry eye in the house. — Charles Dance

We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more and not be so focused on exports. There are big changes we need in the world. — David Cameron

I realized that the whole time I was holding this beautiful stranger in my arms, feeding on her, it felt like I was betraying Sofia. — Bella Forrest

Perhaps it is this theory of all work and no play that has made the Marxist such a very dull boy. — Herbert Read

If I wrote something that hadn't really happened, and I tried to sell it, I could go to jail. That's fraud! — Kurt Vonnegut

When I'm directing, I can look at something that I wrote and say, "This doesn't make sense." There's a lot more intuition and gut involved. — Craig Zobel

I believe a politics of place emerges where we are deeply accountable to our communities, to our neighborhoods, to our home. — Terry Tempest Williams

The perception of beauty is a moral test. — Henry David Thoreau

In elaborating how "philosophy by showing" works, and in defending the idea that literature and music can contribute to philosophical "showing", I am also doing something more standardly philosophical. But I view most of the book as an interweaving of philosophy and literary criticism. If that entails a broadening of a standard idea of philosophy, it's a broadening I'd like to see happen. — Philip Kitcher