John Tavener Quotes

The thing I regret most about my life are those inane photos of me with icons. They used to come down here and dress me up, and I just tolerated it. It's my fault. But I shouldn't have done it. They literally brought down costumes, candles, and icons! It was unbelievable stupidity.

John Tavener

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 28, 1944 - November 12, 2013

Topics

LifeDressStupidityMeRegretDown

I really loved being able to perform my songs and sing them myself.

Joe Bonamassa

MyselfLovedBeingSingAbleSongs

After my mother passed away, I really felt there were things that I hadn't said or things that I did say that I kind of regretted saying.

Amber Mark

MotherSayingSaidSayKindThings

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.

Sun Tzu

MenVictoryConquerStrategySee

I had this unusual mix of curiosity, the ability to write in ways people understood, and when I appeared, viewers seemed to trust me to get them through some cataclysmic changes.

Tom Brokaw

TrustPeopleMeCuriosityChanges

It's funny how I use social media because I don't use it to promote my restaurants that much. I use it for social issues and I think that's what it's for. I do a few things - I mess around with music a lot because that's a passion of mine. If something strikes me and I want to share it, I do.

Tom Colicchio

FunnyMusicPassionSocial MediaMe

When I was young, I would make my parents breakfast in bed on Saturday mornings.

Tom Douglas

ParentsBreakfastSaturdayBedYoung

You can't say that we need to give women more roles, and then when we do, say that they're only there because men want to look at them.

Milana Vayntrub

WomenMenYouLookSayWant

Any North American state is more important than Uruguay, in dimensions, in its economic force.

Jose Mujica

AmericanImportantMoreForceThan

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either.

Dick Cavett

ChildrenParentsChanceYouNever

Beauty is too easy. Often in my work, I take beautiful objects and do extreme things to them so that they are overlaid with something a bit more sinister and violent.

Cornelia Parker

WorkBeautyBeautifulEasyMore

I wanted to play football or be a boxer, but my dad didn't want that because of all the impact. But in 1992 I was watching short track, and it was obscure, but they looked like superheroes in their tight outfits, and I thought it was amazing. I wanted to do that. I made the national team at 14.

Apolo Ohno

FootballAmazingTeamThoughtImpact

My theory is that the way you cope with the depths will ascertain the heights that you reach - they are intimately connected - and if you have a lust for life, you are also going to have a lust for death.

Sebastian Horsley

LifeDeathReachYouLustWay

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