Famous Quotes
Here are just some of the quotes made by famous people throughout history.
Quotes about Music
Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense - Joseph Addison.
The English may not like music but they absolutely love the noise it makes - Thomas Beecham.
Music has charms to soothe a savage breast. William Congreve.
Strange how potent cheap music is. Noel Coward.
Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light. Claude Debussy.
There's sure no passion in the human soul,/ But finds its food in music. George Lillo.
If music be the food of love, play on,/ Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,/ The appetite may sicken and so die. William Shakespeare.
Music that gentlier on the spirit lies,/ Than tir'd eyelids upon tir'd eyes. Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Quotes about International Politics
Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world. Nelson Mandela inaugural speech as president of South Africa, May 1994.
It is a regime of infamy and it should be isolated. This is going to be the worst and most brutal regime that Nigeria ever had. This regime is prepared to kill, torture, and make opponents disappear. Wole Soyinka Nigerian writer, on Nigeria's new military dictatorship, Nov 1993
We spy on each other, we did nasty things to each other, and what is the final result? We are going to be partners together; that is the ultimate march of history. Oleg Kalugin former KGB chief, when asked if spying was a waste of time, Nov 1993..
Quotes about Media and Communications
You cannot make a pair of croak-voiced Daleks appear benevolent even if you dress one of them in an Armani suit and call the other Marmaduke. Dennis Potter , English dramatist, on the BBC management, Aug 1993.
If it falls to me to start a fight to cut out the cancer of bent and twisted journalism with the simple sword of truth and the trusty shield of British fair play, so be it. Jonathan Aitken chief secretary to the Treasury, April 1995.
It's a loving criticism based on a deep commitment that freedom of the press is at the core of our liberties. Newt Gingrich speaker of US Congress, denouncing `most' US editors and editorial writers as `socialist purveyors of poisonous cynicism', May 1995.
This company will not tolerate its papers bringing into disrepute the best practices of popular journalism. Rupert Murdoch media proprietor, rebuking one of his editors, May 1995.
No one in their right mind would want any more organs of opinion owned by News International. David Mellor former Conservative minister, Aug 1994.
They want to show the world that they are open societies, but whenever they have a spare minute they go out and kill a newspaper. Kresimir Fijacko editor of Croatian newspaper Vjesnik , on Croat and Serb clampdown on the independent press, Jan 1995.
If Index on Censorship seeks to influence governments in favour of freedom of expression, then they can't advertise on British radio or television. Radio Authority spokesperson Aug 1994.
We will have to find out what the difference is between Mr Blair and Mr Major before we make that decision. Rupert Murdoch media proprietor, asked which party his newspapers would support before the next general election, May 1995.
A senior politician is only ever a sound bite away from destruction. David Mellor former Conservative minister, Oct 1994.
Hannah Arendt talked about the banality of evil. But what about the evil of banality? America preaches values, but it is value-free. You can't tell these days what's trivial and what's serious. Studs Terkel US writer, May 1995.
Europeans must be the designers, suppliers, creators of content, repairers, and financiers of the information society - and not the hitch-hikers lost on the information highway. Jacques Santer president of the European Commission, Feb 1995.
Tired as I am with all the hype about the Internet and the info highway, I suspect that from a future perspective it will be on a par with the invention of the city as a force in human culture. William Gibson US novelist, May 1995.
Quotes about Arts and Entertainment
It is always good to remember that people find it easier to name ten artists from any century than ten politicians. John Heath-Stubbs British poet, July 1993.
He [Woody Allen] responds to me the way he always responded to me, which is like I'm a complete idiot. Diane Keaton US actress, on working again with her former partner Woody Allen in Manhattan Murder Mystery , 1993.
People wanted to make us heroes, so that then, if we agreed to that job, they could throw stones at us, telling us we were preaching at them. But if we don't preach at them, they throw stones at us anyway. So it's all a waste of time. Bono Vox Aug 1993.
If you can't make a record that means more to a kid than a computer game, then that record deserves to die. Brett Anderson front person of British pop group Suede, Dec 1993.
Sometimes I feel as if I should have to punch a time clock before I walk out on stage. ... It's not fun for me any more. I can't live this life. Kurt Cobain singer and songwriter of US rock group Nirvana, suicide note, April 1994.
My father thought that Dickens would uncover the mysteries of English life. Instead I grew up thinking everyone had funny names. Anita Brookner English writer, June 1994.
In terms of conceptual art, the sheep had already made its statement. Damien Hirst British artist, on the vandalization of his preserved-sheep work, Aug 1994.
My greatest fear for a vision of the theatre in the year 2000 would be an elongated panto season followed by two or three shows featuring sitcom stars in classics of their choice. Richard Eyre director of Britain's National Theatre, March 1995.
It is highly appropriate that he is remembered with a window. He is neither in nor out. Merlin Holland grandson of Irish writer Oscar Wilde, on Wilde's new memorial in Westminster Abbey, London, Feb 1995.
I am convinced that in a short time, Realism as a basic movement in painting will return and dominate the world. These little squares and little circles, they get boring. Yuri Luzhkov mayor of Russia, opening a Moscow art institute, Dec 1994.
It's absolutely necessary for a director to be patient. But I'm not a patient person and I don't want to pretend any more. Krysztof Kieslowski Polish director on giving up the cinema, Oct 1994.
On her third viewing she was quite taken by it. Oliver Stone on his mother's reaction to his controversial film Natural Born Killers , Feb 1995.
I want to be the Margaret Rutherford of my generation. Sigourney Weaver US film actress, April 1995.
They're revolting people as a rule. They are dreadfully dressed, unpleasant people who don't pay for their drinks, and then all the girls fall for them. Auberon Waugh English editor, on poets, presenting the Whitbread prize for poetry to James Fenton, Nov 1994.
Writing is easy and comes easily. I take no notice of whether it's going well or going badly. I carry on regardless because there's nothing I'd rather do. I love it. And if there's a load of housework to be done, well, I just write all the more. Jane Smiley US novelist, May 1995..
Quotations by Ronald Reagan
Please assure me that you are all Republicans! Addressing the surgeons on being wheeled into the operating theatre for an emergency operation after an assassination attempt Presidential Anecdotes (P. Boller)
No one can kill Americans and brag about it. No one. The Observer , `Sayings of the Week', 27 Apr 1986
You know, by the time you reach my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if you've lived your life properly. The Observer , `Sayings of the Week', 8 Mar 1987
I used to say that politics was the second lowest profession and I have come to know that it bears a great similarity to the first. The Observer , 13 May 1979
Honey, I forgot to duck. Said to his wife, Nancy, after an assassination attempt by John Hinckley III, 30 Mar 1981 The Sunday Times , 3 Dec 1989
They say hard work never hurt anybody, but I figure why take the chance. Attrib.
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