“Jazz is not a game of chance. Its sonorous disorder is only an appearance. It is an organized force obeying obscure laws, conforming to a secret technique, codified or not, and we discover that no one can become a virtuoso on the spur of the moment in this orchestra of 'noisemakers.” MomentsLawGamesForceChanceSecretMusicJazzAppearanceTechniqueOrganizedDisorderObscureConformOrchestraSpursObeyingVirtuosoSpur Of The Moment Author:Wanda Landowska
“In theory I am an agnostic, but pending the appearance of rational evidence I must be classed, practically and provisionally, as an atheist. The chance's of theism's truth being to my mind so microscopically small, I would be a pedant and a hypocrite to call myself anything else.” MindWould BeChanceTheoryTruth IsEvidenceAtheistAppearanceRationalAgnosticHypocriteTheismPedantsPending Book:The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories Source: The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
“Suffice to say, many women find their first appearance on a comedy panel show to be their last. Second chances seem to be given less often to the female of the species.” FirstsShowsSeemsLastsGivenChanceComedyFemaleSpeciesAppearanceSecond Chance Author:Jo Brand
“Looking the part helps get the chance to fill it. But if you fill the part, it matters not if you look it.” IfsLooksMatterHelpingChanceAppearance Author:Malcolm Forbes
“Perhaps there is a reason that there is no fool piece on the chessboard. What action, a fool? What strategy, a fool? What use, a fool? Ah, but a fool resides in a deck of cards, a joker, sometimes two. Of no worth, of course. No real purpose. The appearance of a trump, but none of the power: Simply an instrument of chance. Only a dealer may give value to the joker.” GivingMayTwoRealSometimesReasonUseActionPurposeValuesCoursesChancePiecesFoolTrumpInstrumentsStrategyAppearanceCardsDealerDeckDeck Of Cards Book:Fool Source: Fool
“I know chances are if I don't give an interview or make a public appearance or statement from time to time, they'll invent one. Every so often, I suppose people ask, 'Whatever happened to that other Beatle, George Harrison?' And someone comes around with a ready answer, no matter how preposterous it seems. It's possibly the worst price one has to pay for what they call stardom.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingMatterSeemsAsksChanceAnswersPayHappenedWorstReadyAppearanceStatementsInterviewsChances AreStardom Author:George Harrison