Franz Schubert Quotes

Why should the composer be more guilty than the poet who warms to fantasy by a strange flame, making an idea that inspires him the subject of his own very different treatment?

Franz Schubert

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: austrian
  • Birth: January 31, 1797 - November 19, 1828

Topics

FlameGuiltyWhyStrangeFantasy

We didn't slow down, unlike the others, when we got to the moon because we needed its gravity to get back, so we hold the altitude record. I never even thought about it. Records are only made to be broken.

Jim Lovell

BrokenMoonThoughtSlowBackDown

It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.

Jean Nidetch

DestinyChanceChoiceYour

I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do.

Meryl Streep

BeautyConfidenceCharacterYoung

I feel deeply responsible as a leader to pay it forward.

Amy Hood

LeaderForwardFeelResponsiblePay

In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins.

Joseph Epstein

EnvySayMaySevenMostDeadly

Transnational organized cybercriminal groups have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and ordinary citizens.

Dmitri Alperovitch

FinancialOrganizedOrdinaryStolen

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

Christian Nestell Bovee

FireDangerousThroughOnlyPassions

I never want to make a child worried or afraid, and I don't think I do. My pictures are born from the belief that children are far more capable and aware of social complexities than we give them credit for.

Anthony Browne

ChildrenChildThinkCreditBorn

Politics scared the crap out of me because I didn't grow up in a family where we talked about anything, really, except, 'Pass the peas, and do this.'... We didn't really have political discussions at the dinner table. I didn't learn how to watch or listen to politics.

Allison Janney

FamilyPoliticsMeDinnerPolitical

Since the turn of the 20th century, members of the Jewish community in Upper East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia have been meeting together to celebrate and worship.

William L. Jenkins

CommunityTogetherCelebrateMeeting

I try to live my life every day in the present, and try not to turn a blind eye to injustice and need.

Susan Sarandon

LifeLiveDayEyeBlindPresent

When I turned thirteen and took a typing class, with typical early teen enthusiasm and total lack of critical ability, I started sending my stuff to publishers once I'd babysat long enough to earn the postage.

Sherwood Smith

TeenEnoughEnthusiasmLongEarly

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