Music must be listened to; it is not enough to hear it. A duck hears also.
People who eat potatoes will never be able to perform their abilities in whatever job they choose to have.
A newspaper should be the maximum of information, and the minimum of comment.
For every credibility gap there is a gullibility gap.
Peace will come to earth when the people have more to do with each other and governments less.
Wars have ever been but another aristocratic mode of plundering and oppressing commerce.
I took the repeal of the Corn Laws as light amusement compared with the difficult task of inducing the priests of all denominations to agree to suffer the people to be educated.
My dad was all about music. He was a musician, leading a band when I was born. His band was active all through the 40s. He'd started it in the late 20s and 30s. According to the scrapbook, his band was doing quite well around the Boston area. During the Depression they were on radio. It was a jazz-oriented band. He was a trumpet player, and he wrote and arranged for the band. He taught me how to play the piano and read music, and taught me what he knew of standard tunes and so forth. It was a fantastic way to come up in music.
I never stop to plan. I take things step-by-step.
[While] physically traveling someplace or experiencing someplace firsthand, physically versus - which is what a lot of young people do - the experience is mitigated through technology and through social media.
I really want to do well at this upcoming match! I'm going to try really really hard! Because it may be my dad's first memory of a match. I really want to win.