Obbligato Harpsichord Quotes & Sayings

A so-called ideal scheme which does not grow out of reality is definitely and finally not ideal at all. — Michael Oakeshott

You have the most revolting Florence Nightingale complex,' said Mrs. Smiling.
It is not that at all, and well you know it. On the whole, I dislike my fellow beings; I find them so difficult to understand. But I have a tidy mind and untidy lives irritate me. Also, they are uncivilized. — Stella Gibbons

All mine," he muttered. "Christ, finally, all mine. — Kristen Ashley

One truly must have suffered oneself to help others. — Mother Teresa

What alchemy there was in human beings. — Agatha Christie

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. — Steve Jobs

We do not simply get showered with Hollywood money because we happened to write a little story about wizards one day. It's not winning the lottery. It's a real job, which real people do, and they have the same real problems as other real people. — Joanne Harris

If you make a mistake, admit it. Any attempt at cover-up will ultimately backfire. At some level the patient will sense you are acting in bad faith, and therapy will suffer. Furthermore, an open admission of error is good model-setting for patients and another sign that they matter to you. — Irvin D. Yalom

Why put temptations my way when I've decided to sacrifice my future? — Sunanda J. Chatterjee

It is only the dull, sleepy mind that creates and clings to habit. A mind that is attentive from moment to moment - attentive to what it is saying, attentive to the movement of its hands, of its thoughts, of its feelings - will discover that the formation of further habits has come to an end. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

And I had not much of a voice. I didn't play that great guitar either. — Leonard Cohen