Lukas Foss Quotes

Anybody can put things together that belong together. to put things together that don't go together, and make it work, that takes genius like Mozart's. Yet he is presented in the play Amadeus as a kind of silly boy whom the gods loved.

Lukas Foss

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: August 15, 1922 - February 1, 2009

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My problem is that I like technology, but I always have to ask myself, 'Now wait a minute, will I actually have any use for this?'

Jerry Zucker

TechnologyMyselfWaitProblemNow

I've never been more than 9 years old.

Jerry Lewis

MoreNeverOldYearsBeenThan

After 'Return Of The Bumpasaurus' in '96, I just got away from music for, like, a year. Literally, I think I produced two songs in a year. I was totally kicking it, running around.

Sir Mix-a-Lot

MusicThinkYearTwoReturnJust

I feel like I want to write some songs and I don't know how to go about doing it. Usually it's the lyrics that are a problem, and I think I am not really cut out to be a lyricist.

Mike Gordon

I AmThinkFeelProblemDoingKnow

I like to believe in the good in people. But we're all going to screw up from time to time. It just happens. It really is how our best growth occurs.

Judy Smith

GoodGrowthTimeBestPeopleUp

I think of protest as confrontation and disruption, as the end of silence.

DeRay Mckesson

SilenceThinkEndDisruptionProtest

What we have to find is the right level of regulation of our financial system so that it has the incentive to invest in things, but at the same time, it is sufficiently regulated so it can't get in the kind of trouble that we have seen in the past and we have seen recently.

Colin Powell

TimePastFinancialFindTrouble

The economic reality is that, thanks to smart machines and global trade, the well-paying, middle-class jobs that were the backbone of Western democracies are vanishing.

Chrystia Freeland

SmartRealityThanksBackboneTrade

When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all comment is superfluous - or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

StupidProblemWorthYouSaidMay

I am not in the business of pointing fingers or making excuses. However, recent history has shown that I, like thousands of others in Ireland, incorrectly relied upon the persons who guided Anglo and who wrongfully sought to portray a 'blue chip' Irish banking sector.

Sean Quinn

BusinessHistoryI AmBlueExcuses

Getting the Games for London has been the fulfilment of a dream. It is one which I truly believe can change the lives of hundreds of thousands of young people for the better. But in the end, nothing can quite compare with winning your first Olympic gold medal.

Sebastian Coe

ChangePeopleGoldWinningBelieve

As a player, you experience so many different moments, but you never truly sit back and reflect on them. You enjoy them, but with the championships, we were so busy celebrating with everyone that we didn't really realize what we had accomplished as individuals and as a team.

Scottie Pippen

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