Robert Shaw famous quotes

03-26-2025

In these days of political, personal and economic disintegration, music is not a luxury, it's a necessity; not simply because it is therapeutic, nor because it is the universal language, but because it is the persistent focus of our intelligence, aspiration and goodwill.
-- Robert Shaw

#Luxury #Political #Focus
You don't see something until you have the right metaphor to perceive it.
-- Robert Shaw

#Metaphor #Perceive
My taxes alone keep eight lawyers busy, and when I finally get my money, its only one-third of what I earn. With the kids in school and my other responsibilities, I get no change back from the first million dollars. The money flows out like water.
-- Robert Shaw

#School #Kids #Responsibility
Success lasts only three seconds. After that, you're the same as you were before you had it.
-- Robert Shaw

#Three #Lasts
I was never really a character actor - I was a leading man who was always cast as a character. I wanted to be Jack Nicholson or Jean Gabin.
-- Robert Shaw

#Character #Men #Actors
There's no future in being poor.
-- Robert Shaw

#Poor
When we all sing with one voice, the world will stop and listen.
-- Robert Shaw

#Voice #World
I don't want to write every week, it's too much trouble, and I shall only write when I want something. If you think I'm sick when I don't write, you can send for me to come and tell you.
-- Robert Shaw

#Writing #Thinking #Sick
In theory it may seem all right to some, but when it comes to being made the instrument of the Lord's vengeance, I myself don't like it.
-- Robert Shaw

#May #Vengeance #Lord
Satan and all his agents, with all their combined strength and subtilty, cannot separate one soul from Christ.
-- Robert Shaw

#Soul #Agents #Satan

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