Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

John Cage Quotes

We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: composer
Nationality: american
Birth: September 5, 1912 - August 12, 1992

Topics

Life Business Daily Daily Life Our

We keep on saying 'Jack' and 'he,' but that's one of the great things about the Ripper: its a mystery, which is part of the fascination and the fear. If you can see evil and face it, it often doesn't look so evil, but the Ripper never got caught.

Fear Great Evil Saying Face Look

Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say I'm a famous author in a country where no one reads.

Great Myself Me Book Picture Credit

San Francisco is a wonderful city, but you do have housing issues. If tech companies don't do the right thing, they can dislocate a lot of what makes San Francisco special. At Workday, we want to be on the right side of that.

Do The Right Thing City You Want

The purer our message, the more compelling it is to consumers.

Angela Ahrendts

More Message Consumers Our Purer

I grew up thinking that a research scientist was a natural thing to be.

Stephen Hawking

Research Thinking Up Natural Thing

Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.

Future Focus Parenting Society Our

There are occasions when I've pretended to be in a firefight, and then there are people who have really been in a firefight. Clearly it's absolutely ridiculous, and even disrespectful, to suggest that I understand what that is.

People Ridiculous Understand Clearly

'In Country' was also made into a film, which opened the story up to a broader audience.

Bobbie Ann Mason

Story Country Audience Up Film Made

I think of three things, and that's it. Just keep it short and take it outside and swing it left.

Think Short Three Swing Outside

If you look at people that have survived crashing in the mountains and lived up in the snow for 40 days - it's possible to do extraordinary feats.

Sylvester Stallone

Snow Mountains People You Look Days

I remember thinking that a girdle was barbaric, and that never in a million years would I treat myself like a sleeping bag being shoved into a stuff sack. Never! Instead, I would run marathons and work out and be in perfect shape and reject the tyranny of the girdle forever.

Work Myself Treat Thinking Bag Run

Praise the Lord, O England's Jerusalem: and Netherland's Zion, praise ye the Lord! He hath secured your gates, and blessed your possessions with peace, even here, where the threatened torch of war was lighted.

Peter Stuyvesant

Peace War Blessed Praise Torch Here

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by John Cage