“As long as I focus on what I feel and don't worry about where I'm going, it works out. Having no expectations but being open to everything is what makes wonderful things happen. If I don't worry, there's no obstruction and life flows easily. It sounds impractical, but 'Expect nothing; be open to everything' is really all it is.” IfsFeelsLongHappensSoundWorryFocusWonderfulExpectationsFlowWork OutThings HappenWonderful ThingsObstructionExpect Nothing Author:Marketa Irglova
“Only sound common sense, respectable fellow that he is, in the homely realm of his own four walls, has very wonderful adventures directly he ventures out into the wide world of research.” WorldSoundCommonFourWonderfulAdventureWallResearchFellowsWideCommon SenseRealmsVentureRespectableHomelyFour Walls Book:Socialism: Utopian and Scientific Source: Socialism: Utopian and Scientific
“For me, the most important thing is the element of chance that is built into a live performance. The very great drawback of recorded sound is the fact that it is always the same. No matter how wonderful a recording is, I know that I couldn't live with it--even of my own music--with the same nuances forever.” KnowsImportantMatterFactsSoundChanceMy OwnForeverWonderfulElementsBuiltPerformancesImportant ThingsNuanceDrawbacksLive Performance Author:Aaron Copland
“When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but he that saith it never heard the sound of trumpets.” MenSaidSoundWiseWonderfulHeardSpeechPhilosopherArguingTrumpets Author:Plutarch
“When I'm writing a play I hear it like music. I use the same indications that a composer does for duration. There's a difference, I tell my students, between a semi-colon and a period. A difference in duration. And we have all these wonderful things, we use commas and underlining and all the wonderful punctuation things we can use in the same way a composer uses them in music. And we can indicate, as specifically as a composer, the way we want our piece to sound.” WayWantWritingDoePlayUseSoundDifferencesPiecesWonderfulStudentsPeriodsComposerWonderful ThingsIndicationDurationPunctuationPlaywriting Author:Edward Albee
“When I try to describe how I feel when you hold me, I get butterflies, I hear lullabies, it's hard to explain -- like the scent of a rose or the sound of the rain. It's too precious and too wonderful to give it a name.” GivingFeelsTryingHardNamesSoundWonderfulRainRoseButterflyScentHold MeLullabyI Get Butterflies Author:Christina Aguilera
“It's great to know that our old stuff still sounds good to our fans, just as it's wonderful to think that we've turned a few people on to jazz over the years.” PeopleThinkingKnowsYearsStillsStuffSoundWonderfulFansJazzOld Stuff Author:Donald Fagen
“Jeri Brown is a rare breed, who can not only produce a wonderful sound, which is expected from a singer, but can also be extremely creative and has the audacity to musically understand all that she is doing.” SoundCreativeWonderfulProduceExpectedSingersBrownCan NotAudacity Author:Rufus Reid
“I never question the way I write. Writing is the only thing that's without seams for me. It's an effort to talk because my pictures have to be turned into these sounds. It's an effort to be alive. It's work. But writing is wonderful.” WayWritingSoundEffortAliveWonderful Author:Augusten Burroughs
“There are so many wonderful classic roles, but I also would be really interested in developing something brand new. I think my heart would probably be in developing something brand new; I think that sounds really exciting.” ThinkingHeartWould BeSoundRolesWonderfulMy HeartExcitingBrandsDevelopingClassicBrand New Author:Sara Bareilles
“From the perspective of someone with two grown and wonderful kids, that your instincts as parents are correct: a minute spent reading to your kids now will repay itself a million-fold later, not only because they love you for reading to them, but also because, years later, when they’re gone and miles away, those quiet evenings, when you were tucked in with them, everything quiet but the sound of the page-turns, will, seem to you, I promise...... sacred.” YearsTwoSeemsKidsTurnsReadingParentSoundMillionsGoneWonderfulMinutesLove YouPerspectivePromiseQuietPagesSacredInstinctMilesEveningFoldsI PromiseMiles Away Author:George Saunders
“Einstein was attending a music salon in Germany before the second world war, with the violinist S. Suzuki. Two Japanese women played a German piece of music and a woman in the audience exclaimed: "How wonderful! It sounds so German!" Einstein responded: "Madam, people are all the same."” PeopleWorldTwoWarSoundAudiencePiecesWonderfulWar Of The WorldsGermanySecond World WarAttendingViolinistSalons Author:Albert Einstein
“Congratulations to all the members of the wonderful Treorchy Male Choir past and present. In moments of grief or joy, the sound of the Choir can move and uplift and restore spirits like no other sound. Masters of their craft, each and every singer plays a vital role in helping maintain such a fantastic musical tradition. Long may the Choir prosper and continue to the delight of audiences around the world.” WorldMayLongPlayMomentsHelpingPastMovingJoySpiritSoundGriefRolesAudienceWonderfulMastersMembersTraditionMalesMusicalDelightSingersCraftsAround The WorldUpliftingFantasticCongratulationsChoirPast And Present Author:David Jason
“I could draw ideas. I remember writing a paper for a seminar class. I remember writing a paper about - and this is going to sound really sort of pretentious, but that's where my mind was at the time - how acting and the performing artist can really be like a Bodhisattva, how they can communicate ultimately an idea in a way that can move and shift things. And that was wonderful. I didn't know many classes where I could try and relate the thing that I really loved and wanted to do into an intellectual idea, and that happened to be one of them.” KnowsWayWritingTryingMindIdeasWantedRememberMovingArtistSoundActingClassWonderfulHappenedPaperIntellectualDrawsCommunicateRelatePerformingPretentiousPerforming ArtsSeminarsBodhisattvaPerforming Artist Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“It's like everything in your life is wonderful, but you have so much wonderful - this is all going to sound horrible - but when you have so much wonderful, it isn't wonderful because you don't actually have time to enjoy it.” Life IsEnjoySoundWonderfulHorribleLife Is Wonderful Author:Tom Ford
“There's gratification in making somebody laugh. It's a wonderful sound. I find myself, to this day, doing it, wanting to make people laugh.” PeopleSoundLaughingWonderfulThis DayGratificationMaking People Laugh Author:Bob Newhart
“It sounds cheesy but I think my life's kinda like a fairy tale. I worked really hard, but I'm very, very lucky too. I'm just 16 and I've done so many amazing things. I travel the world, I have fans who support me, and I get to do what I love - make movies, sing and really be myself. I have a beautiful family, a great support system, and wonderful friends - and I go shopping every week! I'm so lucky, but it's not necessarily like "A Cinderella Story."” ThinkingWorldHardDoneStoriesBeautifulSoundSupportWonderfulWeekFansLuckyTalesFairyShoppingFairy TaleAmazing ThingsCheesyTravel The WorldSo LuckySupport MeSupport SystemsBeautiful FamilyWonderful FriendsCinderella Story Author:Hilary Duff
“I like to walk around my neighborhood, late in the afternoon. I sometimes wind up at the wonderful, old Shell station that's been changed into a coffee shop. Right where Johnny used to change my oil, I have a latte and take out my little book bag. It doesn't sound very austere.” LittlesBookSometimesUsedSoundWalksWonderfulChangedWindLateOilCoffeeShopsBagsNeighborhoodStationsAfternoonShellsCoffee ShopLattes Author:Coleman Barks
“We almost need to cultivate - I hate to sound New Age-y - but to cultivate a positive bias, and really work to focus on those things and notice those things that are wonderful and uplifting.” NeedsAgeHateSoundFocusWonderfulI HateUpliftingBiasNew Age Author:Moby
“I think my prose - mine and that of others - sometimes slips into a cadence or rhythm that can replicate or come close to the music in a wonderful poem, and then it returns to the sound of prose.” ThinkingSometimesSoundWonderfulMinesReturnRhythmProseSlipsCadenceReplicate Author:Pattiann Rogers