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…

Richard Owen

That the variability of an organism to a certain extent is a constant and certain condition of life we admit, otherwise there would be no distinguishable individuals of a species.

Richard Jenkins

A Western would be good. I'd love to do a Western.

Richelle Mead

I'd never expected my first time to be in a cabin in the woods, but I realized the place didn't matter. The person did. With someone you loved, you could be anywhere, and it would be incredible. Being in the most luxurious bed in the world wouldn't matter if you were with someone you didn't love.

William S. Burroughs

I feel that any form of so called psychotherapy is strongly contraindicated for addicts. The question Why did you start using narcotics in the first place? should never be asked. It is quite as irrelevant to treatment as it would be to ask a malarial patient why he went to a malarial area.

William J. H. Boetcker

If you want to know how rich you really are, find out what would be left of you tomorrow if you should lose every dollar you own tonight.

William James

To know one thing thoroughly would be to know the universe.

Will Cuppy

[Footnote:] Pliny the Elder perished in 79 A.D. when he refused to flee from the great eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, insisting that everything would be all right. It wasn't.

Sarah Addison Allen

If they just carried on like always, everything would be ok.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

If you had a European prime minister who experienced what we've experienced it would be expected that he would retire or resign,

Tim Henman

Today I didn't feel anything. There were o aches and pains, no twinges. Second point going up for the smash I'm thinking this could hurt, but fortunately it didn't and that's a good sign. The next 24 hours is still important, but I do feel confident that I'll react okay.

Takashi Saito

I will do whatever they ask me to do. Even if I don't have my best stuff, I will give whatever I have inside. If I have aches and pains, I bleed Dodger Blue, like Tom Lasorda says. I will do whatever I can.

Karen Smith

He was just a little goofball. Everybody loved him. My heart aches for (father) Frank (Tortoriello) and his family.

Rich Mullins

Usually when we do something to corrupt our lives, it's usually something to fulfill an ache that we have...

Veronica Roth

We're all right, you know,' he says quietly. 'You and me. Okay?' My chest aches, and I nod. 'Nothing else is all right.' His whisper tickles my cheek. 'But we are.

Matt Morris

I'm not sure the status of Reggie, but he looked good today. He always looks good in a suit, so he was walking on the plane, big old smile. I'm sure he's got some aches and pains, but I have a good feeling he'll be back in the lineup.

Sarah McLachlan

The night is my companion...solitude my guide....and I would be the one to hold you down, kiss you so hard, I'll take your breath away...my body aches to breathe your breath, your words keep me alive.

Mark Eaton

It shows you right there what kind of a player he is and what kind of heart he has. That's what playoffs are all about ? even though you've already been through a long season, all the aches and pains seem to go away. You know the Cup is just 16 wins away.

Tom Coburn

A super-legislator body is not what the court was intended to be, ... When I ponder our country and its greatness, its weakness, its potential, my heart aches for less divisiveness, less polarization, less finger-pointing, less bitterness, less mindless partisanship.