"I decided during my teens that I wasn't going to have the life of a concert pianist, much to the chagrin of a lot of people who had put a lot of money into me!"

-- Cy Coleman

#People Quotes #Teens Quotes #Concerts Quotes

“Should haves lead to death”
“Just do what you want, I don't think you should ever... pointers and tips from people is great, and it's good and I don't think you should ever shun down advice, but if you feel something's wrong, then you don't do it. And that's what I'd say.”
“Sometimes your friends are your lovers, or have been at one time.”
“Tallulah [Bankhead] never beat about the bush - she'd gossip about you in front of your back!”
“My God, I'm four hundred years old and the most I can do is look three hundred.”

Source : Roy Newquist, Joan Crawford (1980). “Conversations with Joan Crawford”
“The square is not a subconscious form. It is the creation of intuitive reason. The face of the new art. The square is a living, regal infant. The first step of pure creation in art.”

Source : "From Cubism and Futurism to Suprematism: The New Realism in Painting". Essay by Kazimir Malevich, November 1915.
“It is worth reminding that being president is a tough job for anybody, and particularly so in the information age. There's such a glut of information. Anything a president says or does is picked up on the Internet or the 24/7 news media and criticized almost instantly. Leaders persuade through their words and as such their words need to be measured and well chosen. It is a tough job.”
“Yeah, I'm obnoxious, yeah, I cut people off, yeah, I'm rude. You know why? Because you're busy.”

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