Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alison Krauss

I started with the classical violin when I was 6, and I guess it went well.

Aleksey Igudesman

I do use an electric violin. Actually, my regular electric violin, which I sometimes use, is by Ned Steinburger.

David Garrett

Violin for me is a great instrument because you can use it as a rhythmical instrument and also as a melodic instrument. ... You can pretty much do everything with the violin. Sometimes I feel classical music limits the violin.

Daniel Barenboim

I can't stand being in Chicago anymore and hearing the Brahms Violin Concerto in the elevator. Because that shows me that when they come to the concert hall they listen to it in the same way.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

CREMONA, n. A high-priced violin made in Connecticut.

George Eliot

Tis a petty kind of fame At best, that comes of making violins; And saves no masses, either. Thou wilt go To purgatory none the less.

John Coltrane

The first violins have the most interesting part.

Louisa May Alcott

…the violin — that most human of all instruments…

Larry McMurtry

The older the violin, the sweeter the music.

C. S. Lewis

Do you not know how bashful friendship is? Friends - comrades - do not look at each other. Friendship would be ashamed...

Alan Thicke

So we had psychiatrists and counselors and therapists around the set regularly, especially for those scenes in which Jason would be dealing with a patient to make sure we were doing it all appropriately.

Charlotte Bronte

flattery would be worse than vain; there is no consolation in flattery.

Dave Barry

What was life like in the colonies? Probably the best word to describe it would be "colonial".

Jane Austen

I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights.

Jane Austen

She was one of those, who, having, once begun, would be always in love.

Alanis Morissette

That I would be loved even when I numb myself. That I would be good even when I am overwhelmed. That I would be loved even when I was fuming. That I would be good even if I was clingy.

Chloe Sevigny

I always feel I could be like Toni Collette, going between big studio things and indie films. That would be feasible.

Chen Guangcheng

My fervent hope is that it would be possible for me and my family to leave for the U.S. on Hillary Clinton’s plane,

Pamela Peeke

Unrelieved stress affects almost every function of the body, causing insomnia, high blood pressure, constipation, depression and an assortment of anxiety-driven aches and pains.

Bill Stoneman

This qualifies us to finish the job that we set out to do. It took a long time, a lot of games, a lot of aches and pains, a lot of ups and downs to get to the point we're at. If you really look at it, it's now only an eight-team race.

John Nicks

She has a few aches and a few pains. As we all do when we get older.

Ian Foster

Because we had two sessions today, we're managing Marty, Steve Donald and Siti, who have got a few aches and pains, but we're expecting them all to be on deck.

Royce Clayton

My approach hasn't changed in 15 years. It's not about to change now. I'm healthy. That is the most important thing. I feel good out on the field. My legs are under me. I worked out all my aches and pains. Actually, I couldn't ask for a better spring.

Mary Strenko

My heart, it aches for my son. It bleeds for my son. I walk around with a hole in my heart.

Steve Davies

My heart aches for Chris. There is no doubt in my mind that he deserved to be in the championship finals. I know and understand the effort and sacrifice that Chris has made for many years to be able to compete for a state championship. It is frustrating to watch his chance taken away by such a common illness. Chris deserved more.

David Wright

I have a lot of respect for guys who go out there with aches and pains and play hurt. I would hope that respect is mutual.

Chan Gailey

I don't have any aches and pains anymore when I play racquetball that I used to.