Ludwig van Beethoven Quotes

What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: December 17, 1770 - March 26, 1827

Topics

MyselfI AmYouWillBirthOnly

We live entirely, especially if we are writers, by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images, by the 'ideas' with which we have learned to freeze the shifting phantasmagoria which is our actual experience.

Joan Didion

LiveExperienceIdeasLineNarrative

Real short- and long-term rates were relatively high in the late-1990s, so financial excess can also arise without a low-rate environment.

Jerome Powell

FinancialShortEnvironmentHigh

Starting in the mid-1990s, the end-to-end ubiquity of the Internet, combined with its cheapness, spontaneously combusted to give us Napster - a site that revolutionized the music industry overnight. We got P2P file swapping in the film and TV industry as well.

Max Keiser

MusicInternetStartingIndustryUs

For me, personally, skiing holds everything. I used to race cars, but skiing is a step beyond that. It removes the machinery and puts you one step closer to the elements. And it's a complete physical expression of freedom.

Robert Redford

FreedomStepMeSkiingYouBeyond

It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat.

Mary Douglas

GrowthScienceFeelTrueOrganized

All my life, I never really felt comfortable anywhere in New York, except maybe in an apartment somewhere.

Martin Scorsese

LifeNew YorkMy LifeNewNever

Obama was the best thing for black nerds everywhere. Finally we had a role model. Before Obama, we basically had Urkel.

Jordan Peele

BestBlackRole ModelNerdsRole

The world is real. Consciousness is the illusion.

Craig Bruce

WorldIllusionRealConsciousness

I'm prone to getting dark circles under my eyes when I'm tired, so I l use cover-up and instantly feel more confident.

Bridgit Mendler

EyesTiredConfidentFeelDarkMore

I've always appreciated more guitar-driven and, in general, just rock music; that's what I listen to. I don't really listen to electronic music.

Tycho

MusicRockListenMoreAppreciated

I think we're not going to preserve Fannie and Freddie in anything like their current form. We're going to have to bring fundamental change to that market.

Timothy Geithner

ChangeThinkAnythingBringGoing

Learn the art of the pitch and of messaging.

Tim Ferriss

ArtLearnPitchMessaging

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