Michelangelo Quotes

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

Michelangelo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: March 6, 1475 - February 18, 1564

Topics

WisdomShortAchievingAimHighLow

Why do I love Roald Dahl? His voice, more than anything. It's irreproducible. It's so musical, and it's funny even when it's not trying to be, which is most of the time.

Jesse Andrews

FunnyLoveTimeVoiceTryingWhy

I love long sentences. My big heroes of fiction writing are Henry James and Proust - people who recognise that life doesn't consist of declarative statements, but rather modifications, qualifications and feelings.

John Burnside

LifeLovePeopleWritingLongBig

In Congress, while the House's proposed defense budget calls for significant increases, it also cuts 11 billion dollars from veterans spending - including healthcare and disability pay. Be clear: we can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense.

Jennifer Granholm

BudgetHouseHealthcareDisability

I think that what I'm interested with is the creative side of music-making, rather than all the travelling.

Michael Giles

CreativeThinkSideInterestedThan

If you're a musician and an artist, you don't just stop.

Siobhan Fahey

YouArtistStopJustMusician

I think photography is closest to writing, not painting. It's closest to writing because you are using this machine to convey an idea. The image shouldn't need a caption; it should already convey an idea.

Mary Ellen Mark

PaintingWritingThinkPhotography

I will tell the truth wherever I please.

Mary Harris Jones

TruthWillTellWhereverPlease

Without your health, everything else means nothing.

Mary J. Blige

HealthNothingEverythingWithout

I like both music and acting, and they both have a lot in common - timing, immediacy, stuff like that. But acting is more regimented. You wait around for hours, you don't get to write the script, you get hired. Music represents me better. I'm not acting; I'm just expressing myself.

Lukas Haas

MusicMyselfMeWaitBetterActing

Rap is hardcore street music but there are women out there who can hang with the best male rappers. What holds us back is that girls tend to rap in these high, squeaky voices. It's irritating. You've gotta rap from the diaphragm.

Cheryl James

WomenMusicBestYouBackStreet

When the very people that you been taught to believe in - the police, the D.A., these are the people that are supposed to stand for justice - and when you know that they lied to you, it's hard for you to have trust in anybody.

Anthony Ray Hinton

JusticeTrustPolicePeopleBelieve

You come to Washington, there's a rail bill, there's a highway bill, there's a aviation bill. But when you go home, there's an airport, there's a highway, there's a rail, there's transit. It all has to work together.

Anthony Foxx

WorkHomeTogetherYouGoAirport

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