Here I post the quotes and thoughts which i find interesting

Monday, August 09, 2004

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
Music sung by two people at the same time is called a duel.

The last time I spoke to this group many of you had colds. When I ended my speech I said, "I hope you get better soon." One of the members said, "I hope you do, too."
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It is impossible to defeat an ignornant man in an argument.

And 'tis remarkable that they talk most, who have least to say.

While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening is what makes the right important.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

I remember a story told by a teacher...one winter afternoon she was showing a small boy how to zip up his coat. "The secret," she said, "is to gert the piece of the zipper to fit in the other side before you try to zip it up." The young boy looked at the teacher quizzically and asked, "Why does it have to be a secret?"

A terrified and inexpereinced speaker stood up at a meeting and confessed, "My friends, when I came here tonight only God and myself knew what I was going to talk about...now God only knows."

It is hard to feel that life on Mars is possible when so often it seems impossible here on earth.

"Great God, let me walk three weeks in the footsteps of my enemy, carry the same burden, have the same trials and temptations as he, before I say one word to criticize him."

It isn't easy to keep your mouth and your mind open at the same time.

No one leads the orchestra without turning his back on the crowd.

Some people know how to live everyone else's life, but their own.

An antique is a piece of furniture that is paid for.

A rich man is only a poor man with money.

Conscience is what makes a small boy tell his Dad before his sister does.

If at first you don't succeed, you are about like everyone else.

Why are the ignorant so certain and the intelligent so uncertain?

Don't worry about what people think of you, they seldom do.

An ounce of keep your mouth shut beats a ton of explanation.

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.

Speak when you are angry and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

he most welcome person is the one who knows when to leave.

No one has more ups and downs than the person at the back seat of a bus

If a person wants to get ahead, he has to start without all the advantages others have.

Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

The hatred we bear our enemies, injuries their happiness less than our own.

Life is a tradegy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, Weep and you weep alone, For sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own.

It's easy to pick out the best people, they'll help you do it.

You'll never know all the answers because you will never be asked all the questions.

No two people are alike and they are both glad.

The man who says money can do everything, hasn't any.

Remember, your relatives had no choice in the matter either.

There is no education like adversity.

All men have eyes but few have the gift of penetration.

Strong and bitter words dictate a weak cause.

A laugh a day keeps the doctor away!

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