"Too much counterpoint; what is worse, Protestant counterpoint."

-- Thomas Beecham

#Too Much Quotes

“Everybody thinks they know what art should be. But very few of them have the sense that is necessary to experience painting, that is the sense of sight, that sees colors and forms as living reality in the picture.”
“Global new money has houses everywhere, and serious helicopters, it doesn't aspire to the Miss Marple life of St. Mary Mead.”
“Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.”

Source : Notebooks "Life" (1912)
“Enrolling your child in a recreational sport sponsored by your neighborhood recreation community centers is a great way to keep kids active.”
“The greatest gift God has given me is the capacity of love for people. I have so many faults, but caring about people is not one of them.”
“The stress that they're under is absolutely extreme. Indefinite detention. Not knowing when you're going to get out. The threat of being sent back to a country that you fear you're going to be murdered or tortured upon return. I mean, this is the most extreme form of stress you can possibly conjure up. And our country is doing this to these people.”
“She cared about him too much, and he was a dangerous person to love. He wouldn't love her back.”
“Birth and death are the most singular events we experience - and the contemplation of death, as of birth, should be a thing of beauty, not ignobility.”

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