#of

It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

#called #chief #chief executive #executive #fortune

Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is really profitable and successful in an economic sense is in Japan. That's because they haven't been exposed enough. ↗

— Norman Granz

#area #because #been #economic #enough

I'm talking as a professional impresario. I'm not judging anybody at all. ↗

— Norman Granz

#i #impresario #judging #professional #talking

The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing. ↗

— Norman Granz

#big #dancing #first #history #jazz

Often I had to imagine the things I needed. I learned very early to read amidst noise. And so I started writing and drawing at an early age. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#amidst #drawing #early #early age #had

I had an uncle who was a postal official at the Polish post office in Gdansk. He was one of the defenders of the Polish postal service and, after it capitulated, was shot by the Germans under the provisions of martial law. Suddenly he was no longer a member of the family, and we were no longer allowed to play with his children. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#allowed #children #defenders #family #germans

Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists; though their field-work among primitive peoples has often made them forget the language of science. ↗

— Robert Graves

#anthropologists #between #connecting #forget #language

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession. ↗

— Robert Graves

#poet #profession #rather #than

Keep your sense of humor, my friend; if you don't have a sense of humor it just isn't funny anymore. ↗

— Wavy Gravy

#friend #funny #humor #just #keep

I became a clown when these docs came to the house in Berkeley and asked me to come cheer up kids. I'd just had my third spinal fusion and I was looking for something to take my mind off the pain I was in. ↗

— Wavy Gravy

#became #berkeley #came #cheer #clown