Walter Damrosch famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If a young man at the age of twenty-three can write a symphony like that, in five years he will be ready to commit murder.
-- Walter Damrosch

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Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
If the English language had been properly organized ... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis', which would save a lot of trouble.
This writing business. Pencils and what-not. Over-rated, if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it.
A devotee should be fixed in the conclusion that, the spiritual master cannot be subject to criticism and should never be considered equal to a common man.
Our first duty is to satisfy the spiritual master, who can arrange for the Lord's mercy. A common man must first begin to serve the spiritual master or the devotee. Then, through the mercy of the devotee, the Lord will be satisfied. Unless one receives the dust of a devotee's lotus feet on one's head, there is no possibility of advancement. Unless one approaches a pure devotee, he cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
We must never forget that Christ did not suffer just during His three years of public ministry or the last few days of His life when He was crucified. No, He suffered throughout His life on earth. He who was without sin lived daily with the corruption and sinfulness of lost humanity.
Med students panic their first year when they learn all the diseases. It's not until the second year that they learn the cures.
One of the penalties of being president of the United States is that you must subsist for four years without drinking anything except Californian wine.
If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year.

Walter Damrosch famous quotes

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