"One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888)."

-- Otto von Bismarck

#War Quotes #One Day Quotes #Foolish Quotes

“I learned an invaluable lesson from a kid in Argentina when we were playing Buenos Aires in 2002. I came out of the hotel and this 16-year-old-boy asked me to sign his copy of my Six Wives of Henry VIII album. As I was signing it I asked him 'what does a 16 year-old like about this old music?' and he looked at me, quite hurt, and said, 'it might be old to you, Mr Wakeman, but I only heard it for the first time last week. When you hear something for the first time, it's new.' I've never forgotten that.”
“The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire; they were scorched by the fierce heat, but they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.”
“But the few brave ones, both companies and individuals, who risk comfort and safety for a chance at beauty or being able to move someone â€” they have a potential to gain so much more.”
“Destiny's Child was a part of me; I was blessed to even have that experience, but this is me doing my thing and that's all I can do.”
“The most effective check and balance on government has been an independent press which maintains its credibility by ensuring that its criticism is balanced and based on fact - based indeed on solid journalistic work.”
“Hell, yeah! Meeting adjourned!”
“You don't talk to a linguist without having what you say taken down and used in evidence against you at some point in time.”
“I remember when we did our first read-through, Sonny [Bono] looks at the script and he goes, 'Okay, I'll see you guys later. Chai-ay-oh!' And I said, 'It's ciao! Aren't you Italian? C-i-a-o doesn't spell chai-ay-oh.' [Laughs.] Sonny's dead, so he won't be embarrassed if I tell that story.”

Source : Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. July 22, 2008.

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