#pieces

You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing. ↗

— Tertullian

#because #cannot #nothing #out #parcel

And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out, and when opera houses are about to close their doors; what's going to come next - when nothing new in music, for the orchestra, is truly lasting: pieces are performed once, and then they're thrown away. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#away #close #come #doors #dying

Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind. ↗

— Paavo Nurmi

#because #everything #i #i am #mind

It's logical for us to sing, but not necessarily operatic pieces. ↗

— Jose Carreras

#necessarily #operatic #pieces #sing #us

She made me feel better than I have ever felt, better than I imagined I could feel, and it scared me, it scared me to the point of paralysis. ↗

— James Frey

#imagination

The clothes you're wearing, the room, the house, the city that you're in. Everything in it started out in the human imagination. Your lives, your personalities, your whole world. All invented. All made up. All the wars, the romances. The masterpieces and the machines. And there's nothing here but a funny little twist of amino acids, playing a marvelous game of pretend. ↗

— Alan Moore

#cities #clothes #houses #life #machines

My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible. ↗

— Dave Barry

#end #game #pieces #possible #problem

You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six. ↗

— Yogi Berra

#because #better #cut #eat #enough

I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood. ↗

— George Carlin

#guy #i #member #nailed #never

Yes, I get a report from BMI about the frequency of performances, and it is very surprising. They played one of my most advanced pieces, and one of my most unusual ones on the radio. ↗

— Elliott Carter

#advanced #frequency #get #i #most