Brass Quotes

109 quotes by 98 authors

I had a good political career, and I have a good business career. I didn't get the brass ring, but I did very well. — Dan Quayle
I regard the amount of brainpower going into money management as a national scandal. When some idiot would get rich, they'd say, 'Well, old Charlie… — Charlie Munger
Don Quixote followed nature, and being satisfied with his first sleep, did not solicit more. As for Sancho, he never wanted a second, for the… — Miguel de Cervantes
Brass, stay down all summer. — Eugene Ormandy
Do not allow the accents in the brass to produce space between the notes. — Claude Debussy
In Germany, you have a huge official memorial to the murdered Jews and then you have this artist who's been putting these stumbling blocks, these… — Amy Waldman
For me, my 20s were all about reaching for the brass ring of work in theater, television, and film, surviving in between by waiting tables,… — Kate Walsh
Never look at the brass - it only encourages them. — Richard Strauss
You look like gold. I've been fooled before, but now I know I've made the mistake in the past. But now I, now I know… — Ben Harper
I was ready to approach her with my English charm, when her brass knuckled boyfriend grabbed me by the arm. — Elton John
Your national greatness, swelling vanity; your denunciation of tyrants, brass-fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons… — Frederick Douglass
With me, growing up in a theater family and having them be so supportive, from the jump, and being a part of this theater community… — Jeremy Piven
I have lived among enough painters and around studios to have had all the theories - and how contradictory they are - rammed down my… — D. H. Lawrence
Green little vaulter, in the sunny grass, Catching your heart up at the feel of June, Sole noise that's heard amidst the lazy noon, When… — Leigh Hunt
Brass is polished by ashes; copper is cleaned by tamarind; a woman, by her menses; and a river by its flow. — Chanakya
There's a sculpture in our bedroom, a solid brass replica of Antonio's manhood. It's very expensive, he gave it to me as a romantic gift. — Melanie Griffith
Father was an atheist; he had even joined the Skeleton Army - a club of men who went about in masks or black faces, with… — A. E. Coppard
I liked the taste of beer, its live, white lather, its brass-bright depths, the sudden world through the wet-brown walls of the glass, the tilted… — Dylan Thomas
I got to trumpet, finally. That's why I love to write for brass, and [Count] Basie and [Frank] Sinatra and all that stuff, 'cause that's… — Quincy Jones
Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths. — Elizabeth I

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