Johannes Brahms Quotes

I sometimes ponder on variation form and it seems to me it ought to be more restrained, purer.

Johannes Brahms

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: May 7, 1833 - April 3, 1897

Topics

MeSometimesMoreSeemsPonderForm

When I sing, it's the most solitary state: just me, and the microphone, and the holy spirit. It's not about notes or scales, it's all about emotion.

Sinead O'Connor

MeSpiritEmotionHoly SpiritNotes

I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances.

Simone Weil

PlayCircumstancesMoreHumanWould

The United States is stepping up to lead the international response to the Ebola outbreak, and Congress will ensure that the president's request is fully and quickly funded.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

CongressWillPresidentSteppingUp

Success has affected my self-definition in that I have more money. Writers pooh-pooh that idea, but it's a huge deal.

Mary Karr

SuccessMoneyMoreDealIdeaHuge

The cancer that demands our urgent attention is corruption and poverty.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

CorruptionPovertyAttentionCancer

Imagine your family finally making it from nothing to something, and finally getting things going, and finally buying a beautiful house and taking care of your children - and the next day, it's completely all gone. Zero. Boom. Flat broke. So that's when I had to man up.

DJ Khaled

FamilyBeautifulChildrenDayMan

It's no secret that I didn't love 'An Officer And A Gentleman' then, and I certainly don't love it now, so at least no one could accuse me of being inconsistent.

Debra Winger

LoveMeGentlemanNowSecretBeing

If you get too excited about any one interview, you're making a mistake, because people do cancel.

Brian Lamb

MistakePeopleYouInterviewExcited

Pain forces even the innocent to lie.

Publilius Syrus

LiePainInnocentForcesEven

Everyone's always telling themselves stories about their lives, writers or not.

Sheila Heti

AlwaysEveryoneTellingStories

I thought my dad was out of work, because my friends had fathers with briefcases who'd go off somewhere with bow ties on. But my father would finish breakfast and go back to his room.

Thomas Steinbeck

WorkFatherBreakfastThoughtBack

The residents and elected officials of Long Island have fought vigorously for many years and spent millions of dollars to preserve the quality of life that the Long Island Sound offers.

Tim Bishop

LifeQualityLongIslandSound

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