Rupert Holmes Quotes

Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death.

Rupert Holmes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 24, 1947

Topics

LifeSuccessFailureDeathVictory

It is true that the king has made a truce with the duke of Burgundy for fifteen days and that the duke is to turn over the city of Paris at the end of fifteen days. Yet you should not marvel if I do not enter that city so quickly.

Joan of Arc

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I play fantasy basketball and fantasy football, soccer.

Andy Murray

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Even if you're independent, I think you get lonely.

Mia Wasikowska

ThinkLonelyYouIndependentGet

As I say, there was this movement to try to bring philosophers and mathematicians together into an organization where they would talk to each other. An organization wasn't effective unless you had a journal. That's about all I know.

Stephen Cole Kleene

TogetherOrganizationYouKnowSay

The genre I listen to the most is salsa, so people look at me and see this guy who's done mostly romantic ballads, but there's always been this other side.

Luis Fonsi

RomanticPeopleMeLookDoneListen

Politics, as a profession, is not about making the right political decision. It's about making the right decision and then managing the political consequences.

Jason Kander

DecisionPoliticsPoliticalRight

You cannot stop the human mind from working.

Joseph Murray

MindYouStopHumanHuman Mind

When I've done gymnastics, ballet or soccer - I was always trying to be the best. I'm really driven. Really driven.

Chloe Grace Moretz

BestTryingSoccerDoneAlways

I never buy plane tickets out of a country until I'm in the country, so I get on the ground, figure out what I need, where I'm going, how much time I need, and schedule as I go along.

Brandon Stanton

TimeCountryGoScheduleNeverNeed

The most powerful idea that's entered the world in the last few thousand years - the idea of grace - is the reason I would like to be a Christian.

Bono

GraceWorldChristianPowerfulYears

There are no record companies in Waikiki.

Bruno Mars

RecordCompaniesRecord Companies

Oh, man, I love the Staple Singers. I love Pop Staples' guitar playing, too. He's one of my favorite guitar players.

Brittany Howard

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