Neumes Music Quotes & Sayings

I know that compared to industries, corporations, and governments, an individual is insignificant. In measureable terms my actions hardly matter. But feeling tiny does not have to end at why bother. — Wendy Tremayne

This is the circus of Dr. Lao.
We show you things that you don't know.
We tell you of places you'll never go.
We've searched the world both high and low
To capture the beasts for this marvelous show
From mountains where maddened winds did blow
To islands where zephyrs breathed sweet and low.
Oh, we've spared no pains and we've spared no dough;
And we've dug at the secrets of long ago;
And we've risen to Heaven and plunged Below,
For we wanted to make it one hell of a show.
And the things you'll see in your brains will glow
Long past the time when the winter snow
Has frozen the summer's furbelow.
For this is the circus of Dr. Lao.
And youth may come and age may go;
But no more circuses like this show! — Charles Grandison Finney

It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with satisfaction when we are old. — Leigh Hunt

Your sorrow is of no interest to me," Sandoz said softly. "If you want absolution, go to a priest. — Mary Doria Russell

In trying to capture the beautiful mystery, this monk had invented written music. Not yet notes, what he'd written became known as neumes. — Louise Penny

The workingmen have been exploited all the way up and down the line by employers, landlords, everybody. — Henry Ford

My job as an actor is to serve the writing and help the author get his ideas across. — Kevin Spacey

When I was about 15 ... I made my first attempt as a leading lady, and was, of course, a complete failure. — Maude Adams

What are you looking at sugar-tits? — Mel Gibson

My parents homeschooled my sister and me for many years. Why? Because the local school insisted that I, being three, should go to preschool, and my sister, being five, should go to kindergarten. The problem? You learn your alphabet in preschool, and I was already reading chapter books. — Adora Svitak