Glenn Gould Quotes

Fingers don't have much to do with playing the piano. The idea that they do must be unlearned.

Glenn Gould

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: September 25, 1932 - October 4, 1982

Topics

PianoPlayingFingersMustIdea

Jealousy, greed, fear. We're all full of these things. But also love and compassion. If you saw a drowning baby, it wouldn't matter if you were wearing a tuxedo on the way to your own wedding. You'd jump in to save him.

John McAfee

LoveFearCompassionJealousyBaby

You can't look back.

Michael Cimino

YouLookBack

I build on Christ, the rock of ages; on his sure mercies described in his word, and on his promises, all which I know are yea and amen.

John Wesley

PromisesKnowBuildRockSureWord

Friendships are forgotten when the game begins.

Alvin Dark

GameForgottenBeginsFriendships

Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement.

Michael Korda

SuccessAchievementEasyMeasure

I have been working since I was 14, nonstop.

Liv Tyler

WorkingBeenSinceNonstop

It's not like the original movie where you thought it was the mother committing the murders, but it was actually the son. I don't think it's possible to create the kind of shock today that we created in 1959. And I don't even want to try.

Joseph Stefano

MotherSonTodayThinkThoughtYou

Any writer my age almost can't get away from being influenced by Kurt Vonnegut, partially because of his simple, clear way of stating things. To read Vonnegut is to learn how to use economy words.

Chris Crutcher

AgeSimpleWordsLearnWayEconomy

I never graduated to being an atheist. I only graduated to being an agnostic.

Christopher Durang

AtheistNeverAgnosticBeingOnly

I had a terrible fear of not being normal - of not seeming normal. So I went to the library and read every psychology book I could find. Anything about how normal people behave.

Woody Norris

FearPeopleBookLibraryFind

My parents were intelligent and encouraging, but at the same time, they were displeased at me becoming a wandering troubadour and wire walker.

Philippe Petit

TimeParentsMeIntelligentSame

I think that Guardiola only wants victory and perfection.

Thomas Muller

PerfectionVictoryThinkOnlyWants

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