#cian

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#before #found #had #means #merely

Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#hate #interest #love #neither #nor

I never minded being thought of as a pop star. People have always thought I wanted to be seen as a serious musician, but I didn't, I just wanted people to know that I was absolutely serious about pop music. ↗

— George Michael

#absolutely #always #being #i #just

It's the way the business works, you're not just an actor, you're a diplomat and a publicist and a politician, and there are certain expectations. ↗

— Wentworth Miller

#business #certain #diplomat #expectations #just

What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about music as you possibly can. Learn composition. Study to try to create compositions of your own and put your own personal touch on your music. ↗

— Roscoe Mitchell

#composition #compositions #create #i #impart

Somehow, magically, I've become an electronic musician, and I have a recording studio that looks like the bridge of the Enterprise. ↗

— Moby

#bridge #electronic #enterprise #i #like

It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician. ↗

— Augustus de Morgan

#easier #get #mathematician #round #square

In the business world an executive knows something about everything, a technician knows everything about something and the switchboard operator knows everything. ↗

— Harold Coffin

#business #business world #everything #executive #knows

A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds. ↗

— Henry Moore

#interested #musician #person #poet #sculptor

It's my fault in many cases because I don't initiate the contact to talk with a lot of other musicians. ↗

— Frank Morgan

#cases #contact #fault #i #initiate