Famous Quotes & Sayings

Vladimir Nabokov

if a violin string could ache, i would be that string.

John Coltrane

The first violins have the most interesting part.

Peter Wright

I tried to learn the violin for a while.

Sheldon Harnick

As far as I remember, there was no actual lyric written to that.At the very beginning of "Fiddler on the Roof," there's a violin solo, an unaccompanied violin solo.

Joshua Bell

What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do.

Leila Josefowicz

If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting.

Lara St. John

Let me be very honest and just say that if any airline would let me take the violin and the laptop on board I would fly that airline all the time.

Larry McMurtry

The older the violin, the sweeter the music.

Louisa May Alcott

…the violin — that most human of all instruments…

Roy Walford

The only thing that retards aging is calorie restriction. As genetic studies go forward, we'll find out why.

Roy Walford

The only thing that retards aging is calorie restriction, ... As genetic studies go forward, we'll find out why.

Daniel Petrie

The second Cocoon questions that and deals much more directly with the value of living in the real world with its trials and tribulations. I would say it's about that and not about aging or death.

Rob Manuel

Hollywood is the kind of town that likes to make everything larger than life: movie premieres, aging actress' lips, and murders. Actors come from all over the world to find their sliver of fame on the street of L.A. Many stars rise, but many more fall.

Tim White

We're optimistic as an industry. We hope to keep aging baby boomers skiing as long as we can, while seeing them bring their children and grandchildren to the slopes.

Eric Takamura

I think we're all in the same ballpark; we all have aging systems. It's a big financial burden.

Frank Moss

I am especially thrilled to be working closely with an incredibly creative and passionate group of scientists, artists, designers and engineers who constitute the faculty and students of the lab. I see this exceptional community working together over the next decade to overcome some of the world's most pressing societal problems -- from providing improved health care to an aging population, to devising inexpensive digital tools for developing economies, to changing the way children learn.

Robert Redford

The tough thing about adulthood is it starts before you even know it starts.

Saul Bellow

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

Steven Monaco

Hold a dove to tight and you'll kill it, hold it to loose and it'll fly away.

Loren Smith

I thought that was the highlight of the meet and I was not expecting that, but she dove great and it's a high score for a girl to go that on six dives on the three-meter.

Tim Scott

I just dove into the Scriptures and started memorizing different scriptures and started becoming as much as possible a part of the scripture. I wanted it to be grafted into my heart.

Amanda Hearst

I'm pretty relaxed with my skincare. I really like two brands: Tata Harper and Ren, which is a natural skincare line. I use lotions, and I use Dove soap.

Pope Benedict

The dove wants to stay with the pope but it will find its freedom.

Kathy Brown

The Dove spot and the spots targeted to the Hispanic population show that advertisers are looking more at the different segments in the audience.

Jose Theodore

It was an open net and I just dove and he hit me right in the middle of the face, ... I think we were lucky on that play.

Gabriel Jafet

The market was very nervous in the last minutes as (the tech-heavy U.S.) Nasdaq dove sharply. It was pure Nasdaq influence - nothing else.

Clarice Lispector

It is because I dove into the abyss that I am beginning to love the abyss I am made of.