Conducting Quotes

130 quotes by 121 authors

I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like… — Warren G. Bennis
The Constitution expressly and exclusively vests in the Legislature the power of declaring a state of war [and] the power of raising armies.... A delegation… — James Madison
Your presence here is is only a matter of conducting an experiment in limits, reminding yourself of what you arenâ€™t. — Jay McInerney
The aeroplane should open a fruitful occupation for women. I see no reason they cannot realize handsome incomes by carrying passengers between adjacent towns, from… — Harriet Quimby
Legal ethics is a misnomer ... lawyers conducting themselves legally are not necessarily conducting themselves morally ."...and ..."The zero sum nature of the legal system,… — Thane Rosenbaum
I would say the special experience of American wartime policy in the last 40 years, from Vietnam on, is that the war itself became controversial… — Henry A. Kissinger
I never use a score when conducting my orchestra... Does a lion tamer enter a cage with a book on how to tame a lion? — Dimitris Mitropoulos
I have always been interested in conducting research that yielded new methods by which to make cloth, and in developing new materials that combine craftsmanship… — Issey Miyake
I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day — John Wooden
The art of conducting consists in knowing when to stop conducting to let the orchestra play. — Herbert von Karajan
The act of conducting in itself, of waving my arms in the air and being in charge, I didn't miss. I missed the sensual pleasure… — Esa-Pekka Salonen
Though the academic authorities are actually proud of conducting everything by means of Examinations, they seldom indulge in what religious people used to descibe as… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The difficulties of conducting espionage against the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union were such that historically the Agency had backed away from the task. — Aldrich Ames
Black scientists and technicians, many of them women, used cells from a black woman to help save the lives of millions of Americans, most of… — Rebecca Skloot
Economic activity is no longer an adversarial contest between embattled sellers and buyers "In the distributed economy, where collaboration trumps competition, inclusivity replaces exclusivity and… — Jeremy Rifkin
On Sunday 8 April 1945, he had just finished conducting a service of worship at Schoenberg, when two soldiers came took him away. As he… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
From my point of view, he can be called a remarkable man who stands out from those around him by the resourcefulness of his mind,… — G I Gurdjieff
Universality of the UN is a worthwhile thing in its own self because it means that every country belongs, feels it has a stake, and… — Shashi Tharoor
After conducting a concert in a small town, I once received the following note from a farmer who had attended the performance: "Dear Sir, I… — Arturo Toscanini
The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture.… — Roland Joffe

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