Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Bukowski

The Artist," an ancient sage had once said, "is always sitting on the doorsteps of the rich.

D. H. Lawrence

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one.

D. H. Lawrence

The upshot was, my paintings must burn that English artists might finally learn.

D. H. Lawrence

Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.

D. H. Lawrence

Every true artist is the salvation of every other. Only artists produce for each other a world that is fit to live in.

Crystal Gayle

It used to be that Nashville would work to develop promising artists.

Danny Glover

Those titles, Executive Producer or actor, are unimportant. I always try to approach my role as an artist. The first thing you want to do, that you attempt to do as an artist, is to have some sort of input into the material that you are working on. That is how my process begins; I say to myself: "I want to do this kind of work or I want to do that kind of work."

Daniel Ek

Spotify has paid more than two billion dollars to labels, publishers and collecting societies for distribution to songwriters and recording artists.

Daniel Ek

It disturbed me that the music industry had gone down the drain, even though people were listening to more music than ever and from a greater diversity of artists.

Carl Edwards

The Hispanic population in the United States is one of the fastest growing demographics. It's a huge group of people that we can introduce to the sport. If they can enjoy it, it's better for all of us.

Arnold H. Glasow

Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future.

Barbara Johnson

It's been a wonderful way for everybody to come together and enjoy a spring evening with family and friends.

John Cooney

It's great to see so many happy faces come here to enjoy the good food and friends,

Ali DeLuca

It's great to know when you work so hard at something that now you can enjoy it.

Dennis Quaid

It's great to get paid for what you love doing most. To enjoy your work. And to follow that. It's important.

Erica Lee

It's great to enjoy the movies in an outdoor setting.

Nadine Roberts

It's quite entertaining; it's different. The wind, the waves and the motion of the ocean is very exciting. The wind is extremely relaxing. You're in the middle of water, so it's very calming. You're away from everything else so you get this euphoric feeling; you just feel free. It's good for a family, to just enjoy yourself and have fun, especially if it's your first time on a yacht.

Peter Berg

It's prominent in the family room. I enjoy playing table tennis. My kids enjoy playing. It's something that you can just pick up and play quickly.

Calvin Coolidge

This is as good a time as any to comment on what I think has grown into an abuse. Congress makes holidays and every time there isa holiday it is the practice for one department to telephone over to another department and say we are going to have an extra holiday in this department and what is your department going to do about it.... If it comes on Saturday, they want a holiday on Friday, and of course they couldn't come back and travel on Sunday and so they want another holiday on Monday to get back on.

Will Stofega

It's a very young industry, and over the past two years it has done wonderful things, but I'm waiting for it to reach the next step.

Bob Baker

It's back running production volume and over the next year that will ramp up.

Blake Darcy

It's a year 2000 event. This year it's wireless trading and after-hours trading. Next year it'll be the computerized advice, customized service.

Paul Weller

I never, ever wanted to be the Rolling Stones. Bless their hearts, but I don't necessarily want to go on doing the same old thing for the next 10, 20 years... I could see how easy it is to get into that rut, the whole touring mindset.

Suranand Vejjajiva

We probably have to take it into consideration for our next step.

Chris Houston

We practically have a whole new team, so this is a rebuilding year. We plan to have some success here next year and the year after that, definitely.

Bob Newhart

I can't do a one-camera show. I don't know how to do that kind of show where you count in your head and then you do the next line.

Arthur Ransome

When a thing's done, it's done, and if it's not done right, do it differently next time.

David Miller

The performance of the stock is going to come down to the movies. It's that simple. And there are no sequels in store for next year.

Earl Nightingale

Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity.

Richard Hatch

When you meet someone with a vision, you have to give them a shot and an opportunity to see what they can do.

Amy Tan

I began to look at all events and all things as relevant, an opportunity to take or avoid.

Rick Larsen

Congress had the opportunity to extend tax relief to working families without increasing the deficit. Instead, we were handed a bill that favors the wealthy and eliminates deductions that benefit the middle class.

Rick Nielsen

I actually did my research and tried to get kind of like a working visa for Australia. It always seemed like it was a land of opportunities. The same size as the United States with one-tenth of the population.

Rick Nielsen

I prefer to be an equal-opportunity offender of the guitar.

Rick Moranis

The actual process of filmmaking, the many hours out of your life- it is very slow and boring. I'm not interested in that now unless an opportunity was provided for me.

Richard Marx

Doing my own album provided me the opportunity to say whatever I wanted.

Richard Masur

You have to give people the opportunity to prove themselves.