Famous Quotes & Sayings

Susan Stewart

Poets writing in English have long learned to mourn from classical precedents. They have drawn on a tradition of pastoral elegies, which incorporate the dead into the cycles of nature, that runs from Theocritus' Idylls to John Milton's 'Lycidas' and Percy Shelley's 'Adonais.'

Nobody cooks at home like they cook in restaurants; they'd all be dead, ... Home cooking is not trendy at all. French cooking really consists of some few hundred recipes handed down. Everyone has a little twist on what is a classic recipe.

On paper, it looks good. Last year, it was a fairly classic line-up. This year, I want to create some surprises.

James Burrows

On 'Taxi,' I had the great fortune of directing many wonderful episodes, none more classic than Reverend Jim's driving test. It was maybe the funniest show I did.

One of the first things we decided very early on ... was instead of creating a movie of all the classic iconic moonwalk moments that we've all seen, we would go just to the left or to the right of what we know, or what we think we know, ... So I would say the majority of the moments in the movie are not moments that we've seen before.

One of the most exciting matches of the night was freshman Isaac Meyer's. It was a classic come-from-behind tangle, where you could see Isaac hanging in there, wearing out his opponent, then finally capitalizing at the close of the match. It's the payoff for the grueling work that goes on in the practice room.

Susan Hill

I was taught to whistle as a little girl by an undertaker. I used to sit in his workshop, watching him planing wood for the coffins, and he used to whistle all the time - and eventually I started whistling, too. I can whistle anything, particularly trumpet tunes from Classic FM.

John Krasinski

I'm a huge classics fan. I love Ernest Hemingway and J.D. Salinger. I'm that guy who rereads a book before I read newer stuff, which is probably not all that progressive, and it's not really going to make me a better reader. I'm like, 'Oh, my God, you should read To Kill a Mockingbird.'

Rachel Platten

I love... different kinds of music. I like classical music and pop music. I like alternative, and I like rap, hip-hop, and I kind of collected all these things that I love, and they infused my sensibilities, and I just wanted to sing because it felt like it needed to come out of me.

Matt Schulze

I love classical music. Yes, I was in a conservatory when I was younger and played guitar and all that stuff, so I also love rock.

Jane Chen

I love classical music and have been playing violin since I was seven. Music helps me to express feelings in a way words often cannot.

I give Classical a lot of credit. They're a good team. I think they're going to have a good year.

Miguel

I fell in love with funk music through my father - Funkadelic - as well as soul and classical early on.

I don't shop at Gap and Abercrombie & Fitch because while they have classic looks, it's boring.

From the first moment I heard that there would be a Classic I started preparing for this. I've never been a part of such an important game like this.

For us, the Classic starts today and the rest is history.

What we went through is a classic bubble. I don't think 2001 is going to be a fantastic year.

Susan Hayward

What we have done in past years is we have different types of shows, the rock bands, the '70s shows. We've gone back over five to six years and looked to see what has done the best, and it has always been classic country.

Here in America, every single actor, since they were little boys, they sing and dance and perform like angels. We don't do that. We are actors who work in a theater in very classic performances or plays.

I think it is still a classic 'show-me' stock.

We take pin stripes and classic madras and make it fun, young and hip. We get labeled preppy by being classic.

Kristan Higgins

I took piano lessons as a kid, and my daughter's played piano since before she started kindergarten, so classical piano is something I really love.

I'm not photographing the model in the classic sense; the model is playing a part in my photographs. It's more like theater. I always work with models I know, and I let them participate in deciding how to act their part.

Guys have been missing looking clean and classic but still fun. It's been denim and jeans for so long now, they're ready for the next thing. Men have not really known what to wear.

He is expert in classical music. He knew the composers and knew their lives. He read their biographies. He knew the subtly of their music. And he knew about modern music and all the modern composers.

If this could be proven, then it would come under the classic definition of involuntary manslaughter.

I don't consider this a comedic role. I consider it a serious contribution to one of the classic ballets. I'm not sure if everyone will see it that way.

Andre Previn

I found that jazz musicians, possibly more than their classical counterparts, wear long-standing friendships easily and gracefully.

Lionel Richie

Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my influences as a writer.

What the public wasn't envisioning was a swim through, swim with the dolphins kind of thing. They were looking for a truer aquarium, so the plan has developed into a classic aquarium with of course interactive features.

We want people to know that classical music is for everyone. A parent or kid might be terrified of this music, but after they come to us, they'll never be scared of classical music again.

Charlotte Bronte

Reader, I married him.

Charlaine Harris

Why don't they just take him out?" I asked. I'm not politically minded, as I guess you can tell. Mr. Cataliades was smiling at me. "So direct, so classic," he said. "So American.