Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bela Bartok

Our peasant music, naturally, is invariably tonal, if not always in the sense that the inflexible major and minor system is tonal. (An "atonal" folk-music, in my opinion, is unthinkable.) Since we depend upon a tonal basis of this kind in our creative work, it is quite self-evident that our works are quite pronouncedly tonal in type. I must admit, however, that there was a time when I thought I was approaching a species of twelve-tone music. Yet even in works of that period the absolute tonal foundation is unmistakable.

Bede Griffiths

The one thing which you have to abandon unconditionally is your self.

B. R. Ambedkar

Learn to live in this world with self-respect

B. H. Liddell Hart

Avoid self-righteousness like the devil- nothing is so self-blinding.

B. F. Skinner

I've had only one idea in my life - a true idee fixe. To put it as bluntly as possible - the idea of having my own way. 'Control!' expresses it. The control of human behavior. In my early experimental days it was a frenzied, selfish desire to dominate. I remember the rage I used to feel when a prediction went awry. I could have shouted at the subjects of my experiments, 'Behave, damn you! Behave as you ought!

B. F. Skinner

A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies.

Billy Corgan

I've rarely done anything that's overtly self-destructive without consciously knowing what I'm doing. And then of course, the astute journalist jumps forward and says, "Why are you being calculated?" Calculated seems to assume a sinister intent. My intent is always for artistic effect.

Bill Crawford

To understand ourself, we must understand our "selves," or the parts of us that motivate our thoughts, decisions, and behaviors.

Bill Crawford

The key to self-confidence is knowing that you would choose you... and why. In this way the chosen becomes the chooser, and love versus fear becomes the energy of choice.

Carl Safina

If you ask the fish whether they'd rather have an oil spill or a season of fishing, I wouldn't be surprised if they'd vote for another blowout.

Keith Hendrick

That was what he did, he worked. He didn't go fishing or hunting, he worked.

Clint Land

Knowing the place names for various stretches of the river comes in handy when you're inquiring about local fishing activity.

Jeremiah Jeremiah

Basically, the keyword in fishing is tight line,

Don McDonald

I lost my father. I'll miss him a lot more when I go out fishing and hiking, or work on a project.

Dean Ween

I would read fishing reports on the road and then it just occurred to me: I should go to sea school and get my captain's license, see if I can get paid to be out here every day.

Mike Long

If we get the rains, the water will be stirred up and it will be tough, but without the rains the sight fishing will be great. It's just all about the weather.

Toney Baker

Me and A.J. and Dunlap, we go fishing all the time. Whenever we have free time, we like to get out there on the lake. That's what we do to get our minds off everything.

Dave Mustaine

God created whammy bars for people who don't know how to solo.

Cormac McCarthy

There is no greater monster than reason.

Colson Whitehead

A monster is a person who has stopped pretending.

William Shakespeare

Why what a fool was I to this drunken monster for a God. - Caliban

Clive Barker

The monsters act out our rage. They act on their worst impulses, which is appealing to a certain part of us. They get punished for it, but we've enjoyed the spectacle of their liberation.

Clive Barker

Midian is where the monsters go.

Anais Nin

The monster I kill every day is the monster of realism. The monster who attacks me every day is destruction. Out of the duel comes the transformation. I turn destruction into creation over and over again.

Anais Nin

Introspection is a devouring monster.

Chuck Palahniuk

History is nothing except monsters or victims. Or witnesses.

Chuck Palahniuk

I am an invisible monster, and I am incapable of loving anybody. You don't know which is worse.