#conduct

Let them hate me, provided they respect my conduct. ↗

— Tiberius

#hate #me #provided #respect #them

Mary had a little lamb, its fleece electrostatic / And everywhere Mary went, the lights became erratic. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#mary-s-night-light #mutated-sheep #nonmetallic-conductivity #humor

Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#classic #conductor #conductors #eliminates #him

The lessons of their early youth regulated the conduct of their riper years. ↗

— William Godwin

#early #lessons #regulated #their #years

When I was a young player, I would look at players and think, he does this well, and try and pick up good points from them, or he conducts himself well, I'll pick up on that. ↗

— Richard Gough

#does #good #himself #i #look

Many, many years ago, I was one of the few conductors who talked to the audience and now a lot of classical conductors have figured it out... otherwise, you just get the back of someone's head playing music you could hear on a CD. It's not enough anymore. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#anymore #audience #back #cd #classical

Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not part of conduct of a gallant or generous man to take up arms against a woman. ↗

— Sam Houston

#arms #conduct #friends #gallant #generous

The difficulties of conducting espionage against the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union were such that historically the Agency had backed away from the task. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#agency #away #backed #conducting #difficulties

A conductor can do wild things which can feel forced, but if you're directing from within the orchestra, you can't do that, things have to feel natural. ↗

— Joshua Bell

#directing #feel #forced #natural #orchestra

Convinced that behavior and conduct are every bit as important as skills and expertise, I sought to build the firm into an enduring, values-based institution. ↗

— Marvin Bower

#bit #build #conduct #convinced #enduring