Schnittke Harpsichord Quotes & Sayings

I can look back ... at two distinct periods of opinion whose foundations I have successively come to distrust a period before 1919 or so, when the weight of classic authority unduly influenced me, and another period from 1919 to about 1925, when I placed too high a value on the elements of revolt, florid colour, and emotional extravagance or intensity. — H.P. Lovecraft

The only thing I do to my bat is put some tape around the handle to build it up a little bit because I broke my finger about six years ago and can't really close it the way I want to. Other than that, the same bat, same Louisville Sluggers. — Tony Gwynn

To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net. — George Herbert

Lies are served like a fine delicacy. But beware, the truth of it all will sour, lodge in your throat, and choke your very existence if you continue to believe them. — Jason E. Hodges

Okay! Here's a quote for ya. My mother said "Don't read trashy books". I loved my mother but I didn't ALWAYS do what she said. — Betty

Only those who do not care, only those who find a way to diminish or extinguish the value of other human beings, survive wars without damage and speak of warrior honor afterward. — Aleksandar Hemon

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore. — Edgar Allan Poe

The fashion world is very active and generous, despite the fact that it is not very well respected - or at least not as much as it should be. — Miuccia Prada

Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest elevation by way of a joke. — Juvenal