“I recognized it immediately the first time it happened - the cackle of the crone. It is the sound of a woman who is caught inside the mystery of the universe, in the irony of the angst, in the place ego abhors. Bliss.” FirstsUniverseSoundHappenedMysteryEgoFirst TimeCaughtIronyBlissAngst Author:Toni Bentley
“This may sound arrogant, but I believe that if we'd done teamship better, we'd still be there. Where we fell down was the inability to hold together. We should have learnt from the great football teams. The players may not like each other. They have egos, they have their own ambitions, they have different personalities, but they are still bloody good teams.” IfsShouldBelieveMayStillsDifferentDoneTogetherI BelieveSoundPlayerTeamFootballPersonalityEgoAmbitionShould HaveArrogantBloodyInabilityFootball TeamGood TeamGreat Football Author:Alastair Campbell
“Ayn Rand called her novella Anthem a "hymn to man's ego." My approach to Anthem the play was to provide the story a further dimension through music and sound. The work is now larger than a hymn. It's really "spoken opera."” MenPlayStoriesSoundEgoApproachDimensionsOperaHymnsAnthem Author:Jeff Britting
“If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and that way cut yourself off from a good deal of experience.” IfsWaySoundDealsMusicCuttingListeningEgoEarsMusicalRefuseDeveloping Author:John Cage
“Out of the closets and into the museums, libraries, architectural monuments, concert halls, bookstores, recording studios and film studios of the world. Everything belongs to the inspired and dedicated thief…. Words, colors, light, sounds, stone, wood, bronze belong to the living artist. They belong to anyone who can use them. Loot the Louvre! A bas l’originalité, the sterile and assertive ego that imprisons us as it creates. Vive le vol-pure, shameless, total. We are not responsible. Steal anything in sight.” WorldUseLightFilmArtistSoundColorPureEgoStonesSightResponsibleInspiredLibraryStudiosWoodsStealingHallsMuseumsConcertsDedicatedThievesClosetsMonumentBookstoresShamelessBronzeAssertiveRecording StudioLouvre Author:William S. Burroughs
“Sometimes they would just pay me to stay home and not do anything else, which sounds fantastic but doesn't do much for your ego. Its probably a little like getting alimony - the money is nice but has a nasty aftertaste.” LittlesSometimesHomeSoundPayNiceEgoFantasticNastyAlimony Author:Craig Ferguson
“Well in the book Carrie was my alter ego. In real life, Sarah Jessica and I don't look anything alike. But people do say that we sound alike. Sarah Jessica is an adorable girl and she is very funny.” PeopleWellsLooksBookRealGirlSoundEgoReal LifeCarrieAdorableJessicaAlter Ego Author:Candace Bushnell
“May I stress the need for courageous, intelligent, and dedicated leadership... Leaders of sound integrity. Leaders not in love with publicity, but in love with justice. Leaders not in love with money, but in love with humanity. Leaders who can subject their particular egos to the greatness of the cause.” NeedsMayHumanityCausesSoundJusticeLeaderSubjectsGreatnessParticularIntegrityEgoCommitmentStressIntelligentCourageousDedicatedPublicity Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.