Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rumi

Oh you, unceasing sun, to me Your particles communicate The luminous essence of God, Are you our God? I do not know. Intoxicated, I say nought, Bewitched by the magic potion. I cannot differentiate Between my drunk and sober state.

John Lescroart

The essence of fascism is to make laws forbidding everything and then enforce them selectively against your enemies.

Hugh Dillon

It's just totally organic ... It's the essence of rock 'n' roll, ... It's got more to do with the songwriting than with the show.

Astro Teller

It is the essence of innovation to fail most of the time.

Robert Gruber

It's a question of whose ox is being gored. But in essence it is up to the US importer now.

Stephen Jay Gould

Biological determinism is, in its essence, a theory of limits. It takes the current status of groups as a measure of where they should and must be ... We inhabit a world of human differences and predilections, but the extrapolation of these facts to theories of rigid limits is ideology.

George R. R. Martin

When I'm writing from a character's viewpoint, in essence I become that character; I share their thoughts, I see the world through their eyes and try to feel everything they feel.

Burning Spear

I usually listen to various kind of singers. Curtis Mayfield was my favorite. James Brown, Tina Turner, queen of soul, I started to get that musical essence from that time before I even do my first song.

Bridget Hall

I am always looking for a cool tee shirt; maybe one with a rock band or an old advertisement.

Conor Oberst

I have a car in Nebraska. When I bought it, they gave me a satellite radio, and there's an 'indie-rock' station. It's just nothing I'm interested in.

Fran Drescher

I have very eclectic taste in music, but when it comes to going to concerts, I like going to rock concerts.

Chris Jericho

I am the Ayatollah of rock 'n' rolla

George Thorogood

Classic Rock radio gave us our longevity.

George Carlin

Soft rock music isn’t rock, and it ain’t music. It’s just soft.

Gene Simmons

James Bond has a license to kill, rockstars have a license to be outrageous. Rock is about grabbing people's attention.

Gene Simmons

The death of rock was not a natural death. Rock did not die of old age. It was murdered,

Fergie

There are so many different people that I've emulated vocally. In the rock world - Sebastian Bach, Vince Neil, Freddie Mercury, Robert Plant. They all had amazing vocal talent.