"Serkin was so sick he almost died for three days."

-- Eugene Ormandy

#Funny Quotes #Sick Quotes #Orchestra Quotes

“I realized a long time ago that instead of being jealous you can be inspired and appreciative. It carries more energy to you... That can be an awesome motivating force that can improve your life if you choose to be inspired and not jealous. One (being jealous) has no benefit whatsoever, the other is an incredible resource for creating momentum and improvement.”

Source : Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. November 20, 2014.
“In the 1970's and in early 1980's, a startling discovery was made that almost every problem contains an element of solutions.”
“The Things to do are: the things that need doing, that you see need to be done, and that no one else seems to see need to be done.”
“Ignoring for a moment the power of the American Medical Association, we still wouldn't see a huge amount of books on neurosurgery for dummies in 21 days or whatever. It's just plain inappropriate, and it's intentionally out of people's reach.”

Source : "Is LISP dying?". Usenet discussion groups, groups.google.com. July 15, 1999.
“Most of my friends aren't actors - and not one of them is overly impressed with what I do.”
“Though there is a benevolence due to all mankind, none can question but a superior degree of it is to be paid to a father, a wife, or child. In the same manner, though our love should reach to the whole species, a greater proportion of it should exert itself towards that community in which Providence has placed us. This is our proper sphere of action, the province allotted us for the exercise of our civil virtues, and in which alone we have opportunities of expressing our goodwill to mankind.”
“As the cost of gasoline rises and our dependence on foreign oil continues to increase, the effect of sending over $100 billion each year to OPEC nations hurts every American.”
“There are times when I am directing, and there are a couple of moments I didn't get the way I wanted, but I know I still have other angles to shoot and I have to be done by noon; I move on.”

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