Igor Stravinsky Quotes

To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.

Igor Stravinsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: russian
  • Birth: June 17, 1882 - April 6, 1971

Topics

EffortDuckListenJustHearMerit

That's right, I take vocal lessons - done it for years. There's nothing wrong with it.

Joe Bonamassa

WrongDoneNothingRightYearsTake

I have an enormous family because I'm from Montreal and my family's Catholic, so my dad has eight siblings and they all have kids and we all grew up in the same property on weekends and summers.

Jessica Pare

FamilySameUpWeekendsProperty

It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction.

John Boyd Orr

FearWarWishMadSaidHatred

One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace.

Jean Giraudoux

GreatWitnessTerracePrivileges

We would take a little bit of money out of a huge increase in ballistic missile defense and put it in a place where it will do a lot of good, namely, in targeted pay increases to our enlisted personnel, particularly our NCOs and our junior warrant officers.

John Spratt

GoodMoneyPlaceWillPayOut

I can never consent to being dictated to.

John Tyler

I CanNeverConsentBeingDictated

I'm a golfer and have had three holes in one.

Stephanie Szostak

ThreeHolesHadGolfer

My folks still live in my childhood home, and so when I'm home with them, I usually feel the best.

Topher Grace

HomeLiveBestChildhoodFeelStill

The speed at which technology evolves affects everyone; we repeatedly hear that constant innovation is overwhelming for consumers, who struggle to keep pace.

Ross Levinsohn

TechnologyInnovationStruggleSpeed

I think for most actors, because we sort of have to tell ourselves this, we always say, 'Oh, it doesn't mean anything to win an Oscar!' It certainly isn't a goal that you want to set yourself up for, because then you're just setting yourself up for disaster. Because how many people actually win an Oscar?

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

YourselfPeopleWinThinkYouGoal

If I didn't write sex scenes, all my characters would head to the kitchen and make cups of tea.

Michael Winter

TeaKitchenSexWriteHeadWould

I've done yoga, and I want to start Pilates soon.

Monica Keena

StartDoneWantSoonPilatesYoga

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