Amor Towles Quotes

In retrospect, the pace of change in the arts and industry in the nineteenth century seems pretty glacial. Painting, music, the novel, architecture were all evolving, but at a pretty observable pace.

Amor Towles

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ChangeMusicArchitecturePainting

No one respects the umpire's job more than I do; but, if I were a manager, I would probably be ejected three or four times a season fighting for my team.

Jim Evans

JobTeamFightingThreeManager

Another night I dreamed I heard heavenly music sounding in my ears, and a flock of sheep was gathering round it. When the music ceased, the sheep leaped for joy, and ran together, shaking their heads; and one shook his head almost off, and seemed to have nothing but ears.

Joanna Southcott

MusicTogetherJoyNightSheepHead

I'm hosting a quiz show, but I never considered myself a game show host.

Maury Povich

MyselfGameNeverShowHostHosting

Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' is a magnificent science-fiction film, all the more intriguing because it raises questions about the origin of human life and doesn't have the answers.

Roger Ebert

LifeQuestionsMoreHumanAnswers

I am a helicopter pilot. Something that gives me pleasure sometimes is taking my helicopter to go high, 2000 meter, 6000 feet, to go there and feel like a bird. In this moment I feel free.

Roberto Cavalli

BirdMomentI AmMeFreeFeet

Young men preen. Old men scheme.

Mason Cooley

MenYoungOldOld MenYoung Men

You know, you become crazy. I had done a story for '60 Minutes' on depression previously, but I had no idea that I was now experiencing it. Finally, I collapsed and just went to bed.

Mike Wallace

DepressionCrazyStoryYouKnowNow

Our thinking and our behaviour are always in anticipation of a response. It is therefore fear-based.

Deepak Chopra

ThinkingAnticipationAlwaysResponse

I didn't like being in a newsroom all the time.

Cheri Bustos

TimeBeingLikeNewsroom

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.

Arthur Conan Doyle

FunnyManBrainYouChooseEmpty

The impulse for me to want to make sculpture is because I want to make statements, really, on a purely emotional level. And it's also somewhat of a challenge to see how that can be done with materials and objects that really are not emotional, in and of themselves.

Arthur Ganson

ChallengeMeDoneWantSculpture

I think there's always interest in how the other half live - I see myself as a down-to-earth Essex mum who just happens to be living this very glamorous life in Beverly Hills.

Penny Lancaster

LifeLiveMyselfThinkLivingSee

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