John Coltrane Quotes

I've been listening to jazzmen, especially saxophonists, since the time of the early Count Basie records, which featured Lester Young. Pres was my first real influence, but the first horn I got was an alto, not a tenor.

John Coltrane

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 23, 1926 - July 17, 1967

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As a professional climber, that's the question you always get: Why, why, why? It's an ineffable thing; you can't describe it.

Jimmy Chin

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I would not dare to say that there is a direct relation between mathematics and madness, but there is no doubt that great mathematicians suffer from maniacal characteristics, delirium, and symptoms of schizophrenia.

John Forbes Nash, Jr.

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Investors are sometimes too busy looking for profits to notice where the truth ends and the deception begins.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

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When I see somebody being mistreated, my eyes tear up and I want to stop it. And I believe that the best thing I can do is to write about it, because if I insert myself into the equation it doesn't really do much good, but if I write about it I think it could do more good.

John Pomfret

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Saudi Arabia has also changed. People today are connecting with each other all across the world through small gadgets and television. It's a different society.

Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud

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My work isn't about form. It's about seeing.

Roy Lichtenstein

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Any tournament you go to, you want to win it.

Martina Hingis

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If a pitcher makes a mistake inside, I'm going to hit it.

Miguel Cabrera

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It's not easy being young. It's hard to know what to do.

Dolly Parton

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It may not be proper for me, perhaps, to let my feelings carry me further am therefore resigned to stop here, if sir, you think my particular reasons following too free, or will give offense to the House, which I would be sorry to be thought capable of intending.

Christopher Gadsden

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The fun part about doing our movies is that you're creating something using the talents of people rather than finding these pathetic people who are thrust into these situations. That, to me, is completely artless.

Christopher Guest

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I want to tell more stories about lying, dual lives, self-deception - those are my favorites.

Courtney A. Kemp

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