Notes Quotes · Page 24

I wasn't quite used to writing a diary - I didn't understand why people did it - but I wrote down notes…

— Benjamin Clementine

The olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long.

— John Milton

Both of my mom's parents were music teachers, so I was hearing the fundamentals of playing the piano, what notes are, and…

— Jillian Hervey

Certain emotions just take you to the notes - being furious, heroic, sad, erotic, when rain comes.

— Jeff Buckley

That is vaguely conspiratorial, in a networking sense. We have published their meeting notes.

— Julian Assange

I'm always writing at night - things I would change, things I would do differently. When I write a note, it sticks…

— Don Mattingly

Show me a mistress that is passing fair, what doth her beauty serve but as a note where I may read who…

— William Shakespeare

I believe that art has a kind of rightness, as in music, when we hear whether or not a note is false

— Gerhard Richter

I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in…

— Anne Tyler

November 18. . . I dig musicians, I feel they have the most to offer me mentally and emotionally because they think…

— Pamela Des Barres

If I have to hold a note for a long time, I imagine it as moving and spinning, for the note has…

— Renee Fleming

I can't use logic concerning my feelings, my feelings demand musical notes, violins, guitar solos, the stomping of feet, poetic language, metaphors,…

— Noah Cicero

You have to be ready, and also you have to discard notions that are fondly held by a lot of musicians, about…

— Jerry Garcia

If your going to learn to play lead guitar, get an electric guitar .. it doesn't have to be an expensive one…

— Eddie Van Halen

Often small acts of service are all that is required to lift and bless another: a question concerning a person's family, quick…

— Thomas S. Monson

I broke down. I hid under the bed because I was afraid that somebody was going to come for me. I don’t…

— Diane Guerrero

Even when I'm singing on record there's a lot of times when I'll fight for a bit of imperfection. I might not…

— Alicia Keys

Franz Kafka is dead. He died in a tree from which he wouldn't come down. "Come down!" they cried to him. "Come…

— Nicole Krauss

Adlai Stevenson, himself a notable speaker, often reminisced about his last meeting with Churchill. I asked him on whom or what he…

— William Bourke Cockran

You could make your fingers reproduce exactly what you felt, if you really worked at it. I achieved it, not only spending…

— Lennie Tristano

I try to remember dreams, and occasionally I'll make a note or two in a notebook if it's something extra interesting. They…

— Kenneth Anger

A strange thing has happened - while all the other arts were born naked, this, the youngest, has been born fully-clothed. It…

— Virginia Woolf

Monday morning and there's one less donut than there should be. Keen observers note the reduced mass straightaway but stay silent, because…

— Max Barry

I don't do all the background and the worldbuilding before I start the story. What I do is I work out the…

— Garth Nix

When I look at nature I feel as if I'll be able to paint it all, note it all down, and then…

— Claude Monet

I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could…

— Charlie Parker

I've thrown away lots of my old diaries - you never know who might get their hands on them. But I have…

— Steffi Graf

In music, if you hit a wrong note, people forgive you. In magic when something goes wrong, the entire art is destroyed.

— Penn Jillette

If you hit a wrong note, it's the next note that you play that determines if it's good or bad.

— Miles Davis

Oh, and she told me that men want only one thing. And on that note, I must give praise and thanks to…

— Darynda Jones

I always thought every day was a gift, but now I am looking for where to send the thank you note.

— Randy Pausch

We need to care enough to connect, to put ourselves at emotional risk and play one note worth hearing.

— Seth Godin

With some actors, if I have upward of 10 notes, I don't want to give them all 10 notes and overwhelm them.…

— Sam Esmail

I don't think I'd call [mood] a major force, but it is important as far as hitting the right notes or nuances…

— Donald Ray Pollock

Sleep undisturbed within this peaceful shrine, Till angels wake thee with a note like thine.

— Samuel Johnson

The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your…

— Bob Marley

I have a huge rib cage, which is why I can hold a note out until I'm blue in the face... because…

— Jessica Simpson

I note that [Benazir] Bhutto demonstrates her own deep commitment to democracy by giving herself the title chairperson for life of the…

— Ann Coulter

And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what weve…

— Paul Simon

The job of the travel writer is to go far and wide, to make voluminous notes, to tell the truth.

— Paul Theroux