Samuel Barber Quotes

I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.

Samuel Barber

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 9, 1910 - January 23, 1981

Topics

DoctorGoEverythingPrinceton

When it's time for me to walk away from something, I walk away from it. My mind, my body, my conscience tell me that enough is enough.

Jerry West

TimeWalkMindMeEnoughBody

Regional interest rate differentials persisted until around the time of World War I and helped shape the attitudes of Americans living in western areas toward the nation's financial system.

Jerome Powell

TimeWarWorldFinancialLiving

Speaking theoretically, in a completely made-up world where 'Will & Grace' is coming back to NBC for 10 episodes - just in that made-up world - it couldn't be a better time. I think more so now than even when we started! And who would have ever - I mean, it's heinous that it's because Donald Trump is the president-elect.

Megan Mullally

TimeGraceWorldThinkBetterBack

Jodi Melnick is hotly self-absorbed. Her onstage musicians are much too loud, and like so many narcissistic performers, she goes on much too long: She's interested in herself; why wouldn't we be?

Robert Gottlieb

MusiciansLongWhySheHerHerself

My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day.

Johnny Carson

SuccessBusinessDayHandHardJust

Everything that UCLA stands for, it's top of the food chain. So you either look at those things as burdens or you look at them as blessings. From day one, I've told my staff we're going to look at it as a blessing and do everything we can to build champions.

Steve Alford

BlessingFoodDayBlessingsLook

We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are novel, they are probably things we have discovered by accident or investigation rather than by design.

Steve Albini

MusicDesignTryingBandThings

Crystals amplify the consciousness.

Shirley MacLaine

ConsciousnessAmplifyCrystals

I don't have a lavish lifestyle.

Roger Wang

LifestyleLavish

The brighter the fire in your belly to achieve something special, the more hurts you'll have.

Robin S. Sharma

FireYouAchieveSpecialMoreYour

This is where I started life. This is where I went to uni. This is where the people I know are. This is my country, and when I put on my Great Britain vest, I'm proud, very proud, that it's my country.

Mo Farah

LifeGreatPeopleProudCountry

The first thing we become convinced of is that man is organized so as to be far more sensible of pain than of pleasure.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

ManPainBecomeMoreFirstPleasure

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