Quotes by Pianists - Page 3

There wouldn't be a sky full of stars if we were all meant to wish on the same one.
Frances Clark
I always assumed everybody shared my love for overcast skies. It came as a shock to find out that some people prefer sunshine.
Glenn Gould
Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.
Victor Borge
(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?
Victor Borge
(Referring to the piano's natural shape) Isn't it a shame when those big fat opera singers lean against the pianos and bend them?
Victor Borge
I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.
Victor Borge
One afternoon, when I was four years old, my father came home, and he found me in the living room in front of a roaring fire, which made him very angry. Because we didn't have a fireplace.
Victor Borge
Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.
Victor Borge
(Responding to a sneeze from the audience) Who exploded?
Victor Borge
(Referring to the piano's natural shape) Isn't it a shame when those big fat opera singers lean against the pianos and bend them?
Victor Borge
I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.
Victor Borge
One afternoon, when I was four years old, my father came home, and he found me in the living room in front of a roaring fire, which made him very angry. Because we didn't have a fireplace.
Victor Borge
I don't need time, I need a deadline.
Duke Ellington
I do not believe that I should only write about what I know but that I should write also of the other.
Felisberto Hernández
A young gratuitous smile; trust and distrust;Promiscuities of bed and board and road; The one assured treasureA life, in recollection, truly possessed.
Robert Wells
I had forgotten. Disgust shadows desire.Another life is never safely envied.
Robert Wells
Love me for stupid reasons,I like those most.
Sarah Slean
The truth will form and fall apart again.
Sarah Slean
Is this the truth we knew, and then forgot?Maybe the lies are all that we've gotBut aren't they beautiful?
Sarah Slean
Of course there is no formula for success, except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life, and what it brings
Arthur Rubinstein
If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon.
Johannes Brahms
The shortest distance between two people is a smile.
Victor Borge
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
Victor Borge
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
Oscar Levant
The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent'.
Alfred Brendel
Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.
Nat King Cole