Classic Quotes - Page 7

April is the cruellest month.

Even the most jingoistic person would have to admit that even American cultural music comes from Europe. That's what classical music is, real European music.

Ah! What avails the classic bent And what the cultured word, Against the undoctored incident That actually occurred? And what is Art whereto we press Through paint and prose and rhyme- When Nature in her nakedness Defeats us every time?

Were you here in the bad old days? ... That's why you can't read and write then!

Oh! You're the people ruining the rivers.

And what exotic part of the world do you come from?

Are you running away from something?

It doesn't look like much work goes on at this university.

It is magnificent, but it is not war.

I'm really a classicist at heart - with a bit of madness!

I made a classic mistake. I held out for something better.

I also like Western classical music and jazz.

[The poll tax] was a classic case of a good idea being entrusted to Chris Patten and becoming a terrible failure.

The escalation to attack undefended civilian targets is just a classic illustration of terrorism.

I was the classic midfield organiser who could also score goals.

I spend most of my time catching up on classic comedy - things you absolutely have to see.

I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music - I got that from my parents. I love Cole Porter - that I got from my dad.

As a rule, my focus is on classical music, but I love jazz. I love everything, actually.

Another classical music teacher from Performing Arts that I've stayed in contact with is Jonathan Strasser.

I'd been trained as a classical musician, but also as a pop musician. My teacher made sure that everything was available.

What I do for migraines when I get them, I listen to classical music, and I turn it up really loud.

A good deal of classical music is, today, the opium of the good citizen.

There is a classic moment in ‘The Sun Also Rises’ when someone asks Mike Campbell how he went bankrupt, and all he can say in response is, “Gradually and then suddenly.” When someone asks how I lost my mind, that’s all I can say too.

Only connect!...Only connect the prose and the passion.

Publish and be damned.