Teng Quotes & Sayings

A woman's life in the orchestra is not as long as a man's; she is just not as good at 60 as a man is at 60. — Zubin Mehta

You're the most immoral man living - you think of nothing but justice! — Ayn Rand

The visionary mind takes many turns before settling on any specific path. — Jane Kirkpatrick

As mankind becomes more enlightened to know their real interests, they will esteem the value of agriculture; they will find it in their natural
their destined occupation. — Edmund Burke

In our country we call this type of mother love teng ai. My son has told me that in men's writing it is composed of two characters. The first means pain; the second means love. That is a mother's love. — Lisa See

I would die for my country but I could never let my country die for me. — Neil Kinnock

So I always liked to sing, and apparently when I was about four or five I also started to be attracted to pianos and musical instruments. Whenever we went to a friend's house, I vaguely recall climbing up on the piano, plunking on it, and trying to figure it out. So my parents figured I was interested and asked me if I wanted to take piano lessons. I said sure. — Vienna Teng

Everyone always tells you that you're the only one that can do this or that role right, and if you say no, they go to somebody else and tell them that they're the only one that can do it right. But when they're talking to you, you're always the 'Best Actor of Your Generation.' — Christian Bale

My loyalty is first and foremost, to the people of Singapore. It has always been so, and will always remain so. — Ong Teng Cheong

The reason why Sun Tzu at the head of 30,000 men beat Ch'u with 200,000 is that the latter were undisciplined." Teng — Sun Tzu

How slow the shadow creeps: but when 'tis past How fast the shadows fall. How fast! How fast! — Hilaire Belloc

Floods, fires, earthquakes, disease, starvation, betrayal, isolation, murder.
What doesn't kill us sharpens us. Hardens us. Schools us. — Rick Yancey

In most matters, most people speak and act as if reality matters. But not when it comes to God. Somehow, in matters of religion, spirituality, faith, or God, people have this idea that it doesn't matter what you believe, as long as you're sincere and don't hurt people. — Kenneth D. Boa

The first step in claiming yourself is anger. You get mad. And you can't do anything before you get angry. And I recommend getting very angry to everyone, anyone. — Jamaica Kincaid

I think there are things in my story that have helped my creativity. Your father being killed, for instance, is one of the best things that could happen to a kid if he's going to write poetry or songs. — Roger Waters

My parents said I'd always been attracted to music from an early age. The classic story is I started singing before I talked. My Mom would play me tapes, and I'd be able to sing them back perfectly. She said my pitch was dead on, but I'd fill in nonsense syllables for all the rest of it. The words would be all garbled, because I didn't know how to talk yet. — Vienna Teng

some nights we open up the flood and some nights we are lost and some nights we're chocking on the words but some we light on fire — Vienna Teng

Anyway, our family went into complete crisis mode. I have two older brothers, and we rallied as a family. — Kathy Mattea

Basically what I'm trying to say is that when you get down to the nitty gritty of song writing, it is very logical to a certain degree. It requires a bit of intuition as to how things can fit together elegantly. — Vienna Teng

do not receive the actions, but stand after prepositions. Thus, — Sam An Teng