Terry Teachout Quotes

Needless to say, anybody who can stumble through a C-major scale knows that Art Tatum always gave his audiences 10 times their money's worth.

Terry Teachout

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 6, 1956

Topics

ArtMoneyWorthSayAlwaysStumble

I do appreciate a woman who has a passion for sports and knows their stuff.

Jerry Ferrara

PassionSportsWomanAppreciateWho

In the case of 'Goon Squad,' which sold slowly for a long time despite the good reviews, those 'best of 2010' lists were pivotal, and made the book really sell.

Jennifer Egan

GoodTimeBestBookLongLong Time

Slow and steady wins the race.

Robert Lloyd

WisdomSlowRaceSteadyWins

It's hard to go out there and protect something that you earned.

Max Holloway

YouGoProtectHardOutSomething

I certainly enjoy doing pantomime-y things, but I didn't have any specific training in it.

Rob McClure

TrainingDoingEnjoyThingsSpecific

A sagging economy, a soaring national debt, and an increasingly restive Congress pushed Obama to order troop reductions that are both deeper and faster than recommended by his military commanders.

Ron Fournier

CongressDebtMilitaryEconomyOrder

The challenge is to keep up with all the new poets at the same time I love the old ones.

Mary Oliver

LoveTimeChallengeNewOldSame

I would love to document the Roots; I think they have an interesting story. I have a curiosity about them. Their musicality and their live performances I think would be great, and I have a feeling that there are stories behind each one of them.

Michael Rapaport

LoveLiveGreatRootsCuriosity

I own a company called Rain Industries.

Mohnish Pabrai

RainCompanyOwnIndustries

Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare.

Michael Moriarty

GoodHonestyLanguageDoingWorth

If you don't speak Spanish, then don't accuse me of insulting you in that language, let alone insulting you ten times.

Luis Suarez

AloneMeSpeakLanguageYouTen

Art and music is part of what it means to be a human being. And if you're neglecting that, you're basically ignoring a huge side of the brain and a huge side of what it means to be human.

Joshua Bell

MusicArtBrainYouHumanSide

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