Best 330 quotes in «notes quotes» category

The process of writing is a process of learning; and much has become clearer to me in the attempt to transform my original rough notes into what I hope is an intelligible presentation.

There are many types of silence. There is a silence before the note, there is a silence at the end and there is a silence in the middle.

There are notes between notes, you know.

There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme.

There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.

There are only so many notes so there must be only so many melodies.

There is no such thing as a wrong note.

There is nothing contemptible about an intoxicated man - if it is nothing more than a bookful of words or a roomful of notes that he has got drunk on.

There is something in me maybe someday to be written; now it is folded, and folded, and folded, like a note in school.

There’s no such thing as a wrong note.

[The Republicans] are always asking the Muslims to denounce their extremists. And I agree with them. But they don't take that note and do it among their own. They don't denounce their own extremists.

The soft contralto notes of a woman's voice are born in the immediate region of the heart.

There was a note on my dressing room table that said, Call Neil Young.

Tis better to hit an air ball, than to force a note that don't wanna come out.

Things are changing. They need to change more. It should not be of any note that a woman does something, because women do everything.

Those who have come to an impasse should examine their original intentions; those who have succeeded should note where they are heading.

The studio keeps notes on the details of editions and production processes and the like.

The true creator may be recognized by his ability always to find about him, in the commonest and humblest thing, items worthy of note.

They tried to get me-I got them first! (suicide note)

To create a perfume you have to be the servant of the unconscious. Each idea evolves and transforms, but there should be a surprise with each note.

To the audience, it's like I'm changing the subject every five seconds, but to me, my show's almost like a 90-minute song that I know exactly. I wrote every note, and I know exactly where everything is.

Tunes have notes and tempos and rules. If the tune is "All the Things You Are," you have to adhere to its structure and to the tradition behind that structure.

Two or three notes of music can instantly make you feel sad or tense or afraid or angry. To do that in words is much more difficult.

We are each but a quarter note in a grand symphony.

Wagamama. Text messaging aficionados might like to note that this is one of the most satisfying words you can possibly type.

Warriors! and where are warriors found, If not on martial Britain's ground? And who, when waked with note of fire, Love more than they the British lyre?

What is best in music is not to be found in the notes.

We [ Paverment] were definitely unafraid of playing wrong notes and singing wrong things. We could be fearlessly bad!

We can no more enjoy life by hoping for a future result than we can enjoy music by waiting for the final note.

We don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note. Only notes that are different can harmonize. The same is true with people.

We will build a Marine Corps based on 36 battalions, which the Heritage Foundation notes is the minimum needed to deal with major contingencies. Right now we only have 23.

What convinces is not necessarily true-it is merely convincing: a note for asses.

Whenever you note the time on the clock, realize that it is now—right now—later than it has ever been.

What's the trick to writing a genuinely funny comedy? The trick is therapy. Take notes.

When a regular person gets sick, they take an aspirin. When a writer gets sick, they take notes.

Whenever the boss has 'fun' activities, there's got to be a parable or a lesson. Employees feel like they're supposed to be taking notes.

When I make fun of you, I strike just the right note. When you make fun of me, you're an incredibly ungrateful asshole and you know why.

Get your sticky fingers away from my cookies,” Ben ordered, without turning his head, to see Jaxton trying to steal one from the cooking tray. “You weren't saying that last night,” Jaxton retaliated, coming up to Ben's side, to give him a nudge. They were both smiling, while looking down at the counter, where Ben was making his delicious rosemary cookies. “In fact, I seem to remember you grabbing my sticky fingers and putting them in your mouth,” he teased, speaking quietly, so that Lyon wouldn't hear them at the other side of the room. Ben turned to Jaxton and abandoned his baking, to catch his face in flour covered hands and plant a deep kiss on his lips. Jaxton opened his mouth, in acceptance of his kiss. ~ From the Heart

When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it.

When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me.

When you're coming up with your philosophy and approach to performing comedy, you take special note of the things you disagree with as much as the things you agree with.

When you start a script you aim to hit a note you know you want to end in general.

Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.

Whether you do your work with notes or without them, do it courageously, earnestly, with devotion; with a glad sense of the greatness of it, and a full consecration of every force and faculty to it.

While human nature largely determines how we hear the notes, it is nurture that lets us hear the music.

With Fred McDowell, I just love the way he articulates the notes. I'm hardly unique in that, but there's just something about that that I love.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

You can be creative and not addictive, or addictive and not creative. Most addicted people do not produce anything of remarkable note.

You don’t give someone notes on their performance at a soup kitchen.

You know the drill. 18 is legal. 17 with consent. 16 with a note. 15 if her dad's in the room. Low five!