Zander Quotes & Sayings

For the fist time since she'd met him five years ago, Zander Duffield looked like a child acting the role of a Titan in a school play
instead of the Titan he actually was. — Suzanne Stroh

I make myself a relentless architect of the possibilities of human beings. — Benjamin Zander

She had been feeling it more and more lately. The walls were closing in around her. The emptiness, the thoughts hidden behind thick walls of work. The unfathomable futility of it all. — Joakim Zander

You're a sex symbol," she began.
"Thanks for noticing. — Karina Bliss

Each record is sort of like a brand new baby, where it's your favorite thing at that moment in time. — Robin Zander

The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility. — Benjamin Zander

'Dream Police' was in the can and ready to go when 'Budokan' started taking off worldwide, sales-wise. — Robin Zander

Bun E.'s a member of the band, but he's not touring, and he's not recording ... We've had our differences, but we're all settled up now, and hopefully we can forget about that era. These decisions that Cheap Trick makes, Bun E. is part of. — Robin Zander

To me, it's like, what's good for me is good for Cheap Trick ... and what's good for Rick is good for Cheap Trick, and so on ... and that's the thing. — Robin Zander

The player who looks least engaged may be the most committed member of the group. A cynic, after all, is a passionate person who does not want to be disappointed again. — Benjamin Zander

But then there are those moments, Colton, when you watch your child do something and are so damn proud of them you are left speechless. And those moments take every single doubt and fear and heartache and moment of insanity you've ever had and wipe the slate clean. That's how I felt watching you go to see your dad. That's how I feel knowing you and Ry are going to adopt Zander. That's how I feel watching you be a father. Hell, son, when you stepped up to the plate after Rylee got sick and swung it out of the goddamn park by taking care of Ace? I've never been prouder. — K. Bromberg

As leaders, we're giving out grades in every encounter we have with people. We can choose to give out grades as an expectation to live up to, and then we can reassess them according to performance. Or we can offer grades as a possibility to live into. The second approach is much more powerful. — Benjamin Zander

It's one of the characteristics of a leader that he not doubt for one moment the capacity of the people he's leading to realize whatever he's dreaming. Imagine if Martin Luther King had said, 'I have a dream. Of course, I'm not sure they'll be up to it. — Benjamin Zander

I think all of our records are a progression of some sort. — Robin Zander

I have a definition of success. For me, it's very simple. It's not about wealth and fame and power. It's about how many shining eyes I have around me. — Benjamin Zander

This is the moment - this is the most important moment right now. Which is: We are about contribution. That's what our job is. It's not about impressing people. It's not about getting the next job. It's about contributing something. — Benjamin Zander

South Africa is a country built on possibility. Possibility lies in making a difference and creating value from a situation - without denying that certain issues exist. — Benjamin Zander

Everybody loves classical music they just don't know about it yet. — Benjamin Zander

The conductor of an orchestra doesn't make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful. — Benjamin Zander

The practice of giving an A transports your relationships from the world of measurement into the universe of possibility ... This A is not an expectation to live up to, but a possibility to live into. — Benjamin Zander

Later, after Abby had lugged Fred back inside and was taking off his jacket, she heard a crinkling sound and reached into the pocket of her coat. Her hand closed around an envelope. She pulled it out and saw her name in neat printing. ABIGAIL. She waited until she was alone in her room to open it, and inside she found a card showing a girl and boy joyfully riding a giant bumblebee, the words Valentine, I'm abuzz over you trailing in the wake of the bee. She flipped the card open. Zander had written BEE MINE, ZANDER in the same neat handwriting. Abby frowned, then smiled, and added the card to the ones she'd received from Rose and Sarah the day before. She hadn't dared to give Zander a Valentine. — Ann M. Martin

That's means you're mine. Mine to care for." He ran his thumb over her full lower lip. "Mine to fuck." He leaned forward, his mouth an inch from hers. "And mine to protect. Don't forget that." Zander deVries — Cherise Sinclair

Are you going to talk about boys?" Sarah laughed. "What boys?" "Any boys." "No. We're talking about what we want for Christmas." "I want a dog," said Rose, hurrying to Abby's side. "A sister," said Sarah. "Poetry books," said Abby. "You just want poetry books because Zander likes poetry," said Rose. — Ann M. Martin

Mistakes can be like ice. If we resist them, we may keep on slipping into a posture of defeat. If we include mistakes in our definition of performance, we are likely to glide through them and appreciate the beauty of the longer run. — Benjamin Zander

Everytime I hold you is the last time I hold you, I've known that since the very first time. — Joakim Zander

Without knowing anything else about him, i already know he'd be worth the hurt. — K. Bromberg

Ganesh was rooting for Wilkin, and it scared the hell out of him. Because when a Hindu god feels the need to offer you strength and compassion, you know the shit's about to get real. — Zander Marks

We've always been kind of an underground band in a way that had the respect of our peers on the road. I like to say we're the world's most famous opening act because we've opened for every huge band on the planet. — Robin Zander

Every problem, every dilemma, every dead end we find ourselves facing in life, only appears unsolvable inside a particular frame or point of view. Enlarge the box, or create another frame around the data, and problems vanish, while new opportunities appear. — Rosamund Stone Zander

We've been around, and we've stayed around, and we go out, and people still enjoy listening to us, and we still sell a lot of tickets, so what do I got to complain about? Nothing. — Robin Zander

Early on, I was into David Bowie. Then someone in the band suggested I try a Bryan Ferry type of thing. That's when I started wearing three-piece suits. It wasn't unnatural for me. — Robin Zander

Opening for certain acts after so many years of headlining obviously made us resentful. It was kind of hard watching all these bands, who I really believed didn't deserve to be on top musically, going ahead and pushing us out. — Robin Zander

It is the tuning of the universe ... It's as if at the beginning of the symphony God turns up the volume just a tiny bit. — Benjamin Zander

Lie detectors don't work on someone who can't tell the difference between truth and lies. — Joakim Zander

Always remember rule #6 ... don't take yourself so damn seriously — Ben And Rosamund Zander

Ever notice how on a bad day you never deserve a salad? I mean how long do you think your bad mood would really last if you only fed your brat celery? How many bad days would your brat tolerate if it no longer got rewarded a drink, a cigarette, or an entire Netflix series on the couch for it. — Lauren Handel Zander

So although there is no phoenix here, there is, nonetheless, a fierce, stubborn, wildly insightful, arrogantly honest, crazily committed, and caring human, who will take the heat, the brunt of whatever silver spoon joke you may have, so I can help you have everything you want in your life. And I mean everything. — Lauren Handel Zander

I'm not a guitar collector. I own some guitars because I play. — Robin Zander

I wondered who's world had just fallen apart as mine came together. I wondered who the person was that loved the donor most. I wondered who it was that had me feeling an insurmountable heap of guilt simply for needing the transplant and then living through it. I wondered who I owed my life to. — J.L. Mac

How often do we stand convinced of the truth of our early memories, forgetting that they are assessments made by a child? We can replace the narratives that hold us back by inventing wiser stories, free from childish fears, and, in doing so, disperse long-held psychological stumbling blocks. — Benjamin Zander

Like taking a breath, learning was the simple and extraordinary result of being alive. — Zander Sherman

Our foibles, issues, lies, and idiosyncrasies are not the problem, I swear. Our hiding them is. It's what leaves us not trusting each other and not developing ourselves to become trustworthy. — Lauren Handel Zander

We keep some distance between ourselves when we're not working. I think that's a really good thing. — Robin Zander

They were just passing the Evanses' house, Rose making gruesome faces in case they were spying out their windows, when Abby felt someone take her elbow, and she turned to find Zander Burley, his arm now linked with hers. "Happy Valentine's Day," he said, "one day late." He withdrew his arm and loped ahead of Abby and Rose, along the sidewalk and across the lawn to his front door. Abby watched him, thinking that he moved very gracefully for a boy, and noticing that his jaw had grown squarer and his shoulders broader. "Abby has a boyfriend!" Rose chanted when Zander was out of earshot. "No, I don't. — Ann M. Martin

In the twenty-first century, we use a nineteenth-century school model with twentieth-century values. There's clearly something wrong with this picture. — Zander Sherman

Nobody forced me to look any way. I just exaggerated what was already there. — Robin Zander

Before you, Joss, I'd sooner die than accept a ride from a chauffeur. — Suzanne Stroh

I think the greatest CEOs in the United States, business, anyway, are the ones you don't hear too much about. — Edward Zander

We're all spies. What do we have if not our rumors, our half-truths, our fragments taken out of context? — Joakim Zander

It's rare that anybody gets in the Hall of Fame, and to be nominated is good enough for me. — Robin Zander

I'm a chameleon. That's my personality in the band. — Robin Zander

It's not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away. — Benjamin Zander

The height of success is when you break your business, that is what I say! Just when you think things are really, really going well, that's the time to change. — Edward Zander

Zander, you're getting me all wet and gooey," she squealed.
He laughed again as he plopped her on the bed. "And I've just started. — Paige Tyler

Tech is a funny industry; I don't think there is any other industry on the planet that reinvents itself every 10-12 years. — Edward Zander

You don't understand. I didn't want to forget what happened, Zander. I wanted to forget you. I wanted to forget how I felt about you ... "
"Is this your way of telling me you finally did?" he whispered.
"No. I didn't. I never have. That's the problem. It didn't work ... Pain isn't freeing. It's just one more reminder of what you've lost. And now all I have are these ugly scars. That's what I'll have when this is all over. — Elisabeth Naughton

Imagine Martin Luther King saying, 'I have a dream ... But I don't know if the others will buy it.' — Benjamin Zander

Being able to tell the truth about our own lack of personal integrity has integrity to it. The key to being able to deal with and lighten up about our own humanity is to get wholly honest about our dishonesty. — Lauren Handel Zander

I remember Robert Plant coming backstage after the first show saying, 'Hey, boys, I should be opening for you.' That felt pretty good. — Robin Zander

In the measurement world, you set a goal and strive for it. In the universe of possibility, you set the context and let life unfold. — Benjamin Zander

I've completely embraced life in Florida after growing up in the Midwest. This is home for me. — Robin Zander

I think Badfinger was the epitome of that type of music before the power pop term was coined. 'No Matter What is always gonna be a great song on the radio. There?s probably two or three others off their records that are as cool like 'Day After Day'. — Robin Zander

Once you realize that your relationship is more important than your individual point of view. That's where the true definition of "union" lives. — Lauren Handel Zander

What if the longer we don't deal with the memories we are haunted by, the more these memories, like long-ignored cavities, become not only painfully sensitive, but require root canal? — Lauren Handel Zander

I used to collect comic books. I had a substantial collection. I collect records also, but those have gone the way of the world. — Robin Zander

When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say "How fascinating!" — Benjamin Zander

It's late, but we're both accustomed to sleepless nights. — Joakim Zander

I hope the best for anybody in this business. It's hard enough as it is, and of course you don't get much respect from anybody, but when you do, you should appreciate it. — Robin Zander

We love to learn because learning feels good. It both satisfies and stimulates curiosity. Reading a good book, having a meaningful conversation, listening to great music - just doing these things make us happy. They have no extrinsic purpose. To give them one takes away from their joy. — Zander Sherman

We're from Rockford, Illinois, but we've always thought international. — Robin Zander

I could do James Taylor, Neil Young, and sound just like them. — Robin Zander

How absurd human beings are and how magnificent. — Benjamin Zander

Don't worry; this won't hurt ... too much. Zander deVries — Cherise Sinclair

Heading back into your life to dust off and decipher old memories allows you to fully grasp how much power you have always held in your life. It helps you start to see that the way you have stored your memories and the role you played in them can be altered by you at any moment. Truly. At any moment in time. Hell, with one phone call. — Lauren Handel Zander

My father was indeed a musician, but he was a weekend warrior. He was a welder, actually, and worked all his life at the Ironworks in Beloit Wisconsin, and he played in a swing band on weekends. — Robin Zander

Country music is worldwide - it's not just Nashville and Texas. — Robin Zander

Life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable amount of good, but because that is the story we tell. — Benjamin Zander

I think I must be bleeding. I think, if I'm thinking, I must be alive. I think, my arms must be here somewhere, I can feel them under the concrete. I think, what am I holding, what am I lying on top of? — Joakim Zander

I settled on a game called I am a contribution. Unlike success and failure, contribution has no other side. It is not arrived at by comparison. — Benjamin Zander

Live the rest of your life in possibility — Benjamin Zander

As far as Cheap Trick albums, I like the Red Ant record, which is just called 'Cheap Trick,' from 1997; that's my second-favorite album. — Robin Zander

I'm a casual F1 racing fan. I'm probably more of a stock car, NASCAR guy. — Robin Zander

I'd say it's harder to play with an acoustic guitar strapped over your shoulder for a few hundred people than it is to play in front of thousands with an entire bombastic band behind you. — Robin Zander

Zander was always sneaking off to the library to get more books ... Guy would read anything. Said books were more interesting than people. — Justin Cronin

I think we've got three that we have to play, and that would be 'Surrender,' 'Dream Police' and 'I Want You to Want Me.' — Robin Zander

The major difference between the 'best' and the 'average' is that the 'best' get as much pleasure from practice as performance. — Benjamin Zander

Curiosity is the great motivator of an education. It's the how of learning: how we go from not knowing something to knowing it inside and out. — Zander Sherman

If we're not the one driving our dreams forward, who is? If we don't figure out how to change jobs, eat healthily, date, fall and stay in love, who will come save us? No one. But, then again, no one should, right? The are, after all, our dreams. — Lauren Handel Zander

It's never as good as it feels, and it's never as bad as it seems. — Edward Zander

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He had realized that the labels he had been taking so seriously are human inventions
it's all a game. The Number 68 is invented and the A is invented, so we might as well choose to invent something that brightens our life and the lives of the people around us. — Benjamin Zander

But one day. After ideology comes religion. Those who were our friends will become our enemies. — Joakim Zander

Pass the raspberry jam, please." "It's called jelly in the States." Zander handed over the tiny jar of compote. — Karina Bliss

The conductor of the orchestra doesn't make a sound. His power comes from awakening possibility in others. - Benjamin Zander, conductor and coauthor of The Art of Possibility — Malcolm Harkins

If you make a mistake, celebrate. — Benjamin Zander

Some people ask why we bother to make new music, but we still love doing it. — Robin Zander

Look. The world is full of liars, and it's time someone admitted it, shed a light on it, and lightened up about it. — Lauren Handel Zander

I think maybe we were just a little bit overdone. It was saturated. People may have gotten tired of us. We were everywhere, all the time. — Robin Zander

After all these years, I still get nervous in front of people. I can't help it. I just, you know, I want it to be a good show, and I want people to get their money's worth. — Robin Zander

I have a definition of success.. — Benjamin Zander