Rottier Auction Quotes & Sayings

Possible things aren't worth much, it's those crazy impossible things that keep us passionate and alive. — Bob Beaudine

Two things destroy the peace and tranquility of our lives; our bewailing past disappointments, or fearing future ones. — John Flavel

Verbal communication about music is impossible except among musicians. — Virgil Thomson

This is a question of freedom," he says. "Which can be discussed until forever, breaking only for sleep, tea, and movable feasts. Would you like to do that? Tell me, if you please, who is more free: an elephant stomping across the savanna or an aphid sitting on the leaf of whatever plant they sit on?" Smoker — Mariam Petrosyan

I can truthfully say, in arts I have pretty much seen and done it all and, at my age, I have no patience with wide-eyed artists fooling themselves about their place in history. We should know by now that it is the whim of the elite few who set the rules ... those who have fooled themselves into believing that they are God's gift to the ages. — Donald Lambert

In fact ants, to cite just one example, work unselfishly for the community; we humans sometimes do not look good by comparison. We are supposed to be higher beings, so we must act according to our higher selves. — Dalai Lama XIV

Successful investment is a battle for financial survival. — Gerald M. Loeb

Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close. — William Wycherley