Carnegie Quotes · Page 4

Around the corner [ of the Carnegie Delicatessen] is the Russian Tea Room, which is now out of business. Which is awful.…

— Paul Laffoley

You get more nervous in front of a lot of people. That's why, when you play a concerto, you play with a…

— Itzhak Perlman

One, Andrew Carnegie said, ‘He who dies with wealth dies in shame.’ And someone once said, ‘He who gives while he lives…

— Eli Broad

I went to college in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University... studied acting there. Then I went to New York for about five…

— Laura San Giacomo

Now what's important is that they have an attitude. Everybody has a look, but not everybody has cultivated what their stage persona…

— Bruce Vilanch

My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale.

— David Rockefeller

I went to Carnegie Mellon and was an electrical engineer, but electrical engineering wasn't right for me.

— David M. Kelley

I went to drama school for four years at Carnegie Mellon, conservatory training before television comedy. I was doing Shakespeare and Chekov…

— Josh Gad

Anything really well-made has the effect of making you want to do what you do-better. Abrams has always made very beautiful books.…

— Jon J Muth

I wanted to be a concert pianist at Carnegie Hall; that is what I wanted to do from really early on. I…

— Kirsten Nelson

What we did [shooting "Fences"] was we got young students from Carnegie Mellon, the acting and theater students, and we had them…

— Denzel Washington

Last night at Carnegie Hall, Jack Benny played Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn lost.

— Harold C. Schonberg

I believe in two things: One, Andrew Carnegie said, 'He who dies with wealth dies in shame.' And someone once said, 'He…

— Eli Broad

When you can identify a specific tax that people don't like, and this is one that was designed for the Rockefellers, for…

— Paul Gigot

What makes knowledge automatic is what gets you to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice.

— Alison Gopnik

I want Chinese history to remember me as Carnegie is remembered. I want Chinese people to remember me as they remember Marx…

— Chen Guangbiao

I disagreed with Carnegie's ideas on how best to distribute his wealth. I spent mine!

— Charles M. Schwab

Carnegie Hall is as good as they say it is. It's not like Stonehenge which looks great in books but then you…

— Bill Burr

My first hip-hop performance was at Carnegie Hall with Wyclef, ... I got a little feature and he announced me as the…

— Miri Ben-Ari

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has been in existence for most of this century.

— C. Everett Koop

Any pianist and singer/songwriter would say "Carnegie Hall." It's such a legendary place. I'd love to play at Carnegie Hall. That's definitely…

— Angela Aki

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. How do you get away from it? Improvise.

— Mark Steyn

But if you get a kick out of "The Jerry Springer Show," you're going to love it! The idea of hearing these…

— Max von Essen

There are no movie references that I can think of in 'Robopocalypse.' However, there are tons of personal references. For example, the…

— Daniel H. Wilson

I would walk into the Carnegie Library and I would see the pictures of Booker T. and pictures of Frederick Douglass and…

— Clarence Thomas