Sackbut Quotes & Sayings

To those who think that the law of gravity interferes with their freedom, there is nothing to say. — Lionel Tiger

When you leave a good job to go off on your own and don't expect to make money for a while, you name the firm whatever your wife says you should. — David Einhorn

Humanity is exalted not because we are so far above other living creatures, but because knowing them well elevates the very concept of life. — Edward O. Wilson

I refuse to think of them as chin hairs. I think of them as stray eyebrows. — Janette Barber

Disappointment leads to clarity, which leads to conviction and true originality. — Conan O'Brien

What writing does is to reveal. — Rita Dove

What do we see by [our enlightened age] which our ancestors saw not, and which at the same time is worth seeing? We see a hundred men hanged, where they saw one. We see five hundred transported, where they saw one. We see five thousand in the workhouse, where they saw one ... We see children perishing in manufactories, where they saw them flourishing in the fields. We see prisons, where they saw castles. We see masters, where they saw representatives. In short, they saw true men, where we see false knaves. They saw Milton, and we see Mr. Sackbut. — Thomas Love Peacock

You can't be in the music business as long as "Steve and Edie" have, if you stink .. — Steve Lawrence

The best farming systems are ones where animals and plants are put into a synergistic relationship. — Michael Pollan

Sometimes I love the marriage of art and commerce; I love Donna Summer; I like the Rolling Stones. — Moby

I'm not a person that's easily embarrassed, but I'm embarrassed for other people. — Ricky Gervais

Each January, nearly half a million people visit the small town of Saundatti for ajatre or festival, to be blessed by Yellamma, the Hindu goddess of fertility. — Beeban Kidron

You called the guy you're supposed to rescue a nerd, and you just referenced Star Trek. You don't find that a bit nerdy? — A.J. Wiliams