Presuppositions Define Quotes & Sayings

In performance, we have a greater purpose. The greater purpose is that we're communing together, and we want this moment to be really special for all of us. Because otherwise, why bother to have come at all? It's not about proving anything. It's about sharing something. — Yo-Yo Ma

First Avenue is one of my favorite places to play. All along, they've treated me with respect. — Lizzo

Creativity goes beyond what you already know. What you know is just knowledge. — Ernie J Zelinski

I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping. — Nina Simone

Most men I know, pissed away their fortunes. I'm the only one I know, that made a fortune pissin' — Frank Costello

When your parents are dead your own death faces you. — Lucia Berlin

Men," he began his address to the officers, measuring his pauses carefully. "You're American officers. The officers of no other army in the world can make that statement. Think about it. — Joseph Heller

A book tour is not a good opportunity to let your mind wander. You have to pay attention, remember salespeople's and interviewers' names, succinctly summarize your book in a 'selling' way, and so on. — Ian Frazier

And so it came to be. — Jussi Adler-Olsen