Notes Quotes - Page 11

• We learned after the first semester in law school that it's best never to discuss exams. If notes are compared afterwards, you become painfully aware of things you missed.

  John Grisham

  School, Law, Firsts

  John Grisham (1996). “The Rainmaker”, Dell

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• I believe we have a double in every country. There's something about that that is probably a commonness that we don't make note of. That maybe there's only a cast for so many faces, and we live everywhere.

  Richie Havens

  Country, Believe, Faces

  "Richie Havens: Face to Face with His Face". Interview With Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. September 26, 2006.

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• It is worthy to note, that the early popularity of Washington was not the result of brilliant achievement nor signal success; on the contrary, it rose among trials and reverses, and may almost be said to have been the fruit of defeat.

  Washington Irving

  Rose, Achievement, Trials

  Washington Irving “Life of George Washington”

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I take notes like some people take drugs.

  Tim Ferriss

  People, Drug

  5 Copy quote

• If you take a walk around Ouagadougou and make a list of the mansions you see, you will note that they belong to just a minority. How many of you who have been assigned to Ouagadougou from the farthest corners of the country have had to move every night because you've been thrown out of the house you have rented? To those who have acquired houses and land through corruption we say: start to tremble. If you have stolen, tremble, because we will come after you

  Thomas Sankara

  Country, Moving, Night

  Thomas Sankara (1988). “Thomas Sankara speaks: the Burkina Faso revolution, 1983-87”, Pathfinder Pr

  86 Copy quote

  Show source

• When I give a speech at a corporate event, I often ask those in attendance, 'Do you know how to tell if you're doing the job?' As heads start whispering back and forth, I provide these clue: 'If you're up at 3 A.M. every night talking into a tape recorder and writing notes on scraps of paper, have a knot in your stomach and a rash on your skin, are losing sleep and losing touch with your wife and kids, have no appetite or sense of humor, and feel that everything might turn out wrong, then you're probably doing the job.'

  Bill Walsh

  Jobs, Sleep, Kids

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.26, Penguin

  130 Copy quote

  Show source

• Now that Mr. Carter has made a book of his diary, an adoring memoir entitled Keeping Faith, the notes read like a collection of letters sent from scout camp.

  Lewis H. Lapham

  Book, Diaries, Letters

  4 Copy quote

• I gave a talk on gender stuff at Facebook one morning and a man didn't come. It was optional; he didn't have to come. But he sent a note saying, "I missed your meeting because I drove my kids to school so my wife could do something else. Thank you for making that possible." I think that employee is a loyal employee for Facebook and I think more companies should want that kind of loyalty.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Loyalty, Morning, School

  Source: articles.chicagotribune.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I love the written word; I love when someone takes the time or leaves you a note or sends a letter.

  Sandra Bullock

  Letters, Written Word, Written

  "Sandra Bullock Talks The Lake House". "MovieWeb" Interview, movieweb.com. June 13, 2006.

  20 Copy quote

  Show source

• Country music... doesn't bend notes in the same way, so I suppose it's very English, really. Even though it's been very Americanized, it feels very close to me, to my roots, so to speak.

  Mick Jagger

  Country, Roots, Way

  4 Copy quote

• I was selling real estate at the time, in Pacific Palisades, California, so imagine that: getting a note and a bottle of champagne from Jack Nicholson when I'd barely made a dime as an actor. It really kept me going.

  Kurt Fuller

  Real, California, Actors

  Source: www.avclub.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Notes are part of life for any composer for hire. There's no way around it. I think anyone who has done even a small number of films as a professional composer gets used to that idea pretty quickly.

  Christophe Beck

  Thinking, Numbers, Ideas

  Source: collider.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think I understand the Constitution a little bit because in 1971 we went off the gold standard under President Nixon into the Federal Reserve notes because we were a worldwide currency.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Thinking, President, Gold

  Source: www.foxnews.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think we're going to have to accept the fact the U.S. is off the world map. We are not a great player any longer. And when we come home - as we will have to do because we've run out of money - we will discover that Argentine debts means Argentine politics. And on that note, you can wake up in the middle of the night.

  Gore Vidal

  Running, Mean, Home

  "Gore Vidal, Novelist of U.S. Past Sees an Empire Replacing Republic He So Admired". Interview with Robert Scheer, www.latimes.com. December 15, 1991.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I've let go of being a super perfectionist on every single note and wanting the pitch to be absolutely perfect all of the time. I grew up watching the best of the best.

  Solange Knowles

  Letting Go, Perfect, Best Of The Best

  "Solange Knowles On Nas, Juvenile And Dance Moves". Interview with Frannie Kelley, www.wbur.org. February 12, 2014.

  10 Copy quote

  Show source

• I've also learned to only write songs and melodies that really work for my voice and that I won't have issues doing live. Because you can get really, really comfortable in the comping process: out of five takes, maybe one of those high notes that you struggled to do, nailed it, and then live you're having that challenge of really having to recreate that.

  Solange Knowles

  Song, Writing, Voice

  "Solange Knowles On Nas, Juvenile And Dance Moves". Interview with Frannie Kelley and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, www.npr.org. February 12, 2014.

  15 Copy quote

  Show source

• So over time, playing shows - after every show we would have pow-wow, I would have notes and we'd go over and we'd really restructure and re-do and now I feel really, really good about the show. But it's taken time.

  Solange Knowles

  Taken, Wow, Shows

  Source: www.npr.org

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I sit down and watch videos. I take notes. That's when that inspiration comes - the moment that makes sense of my profession. The instant I know, for sure, that I've got it. I know how to win. It's the moment that my job becomes truly meaningful.

  Pep Guardiola

  Meaningful, Jobs, Inspiration

  121 Copy quote

• I think when I was pretty young I got really into the tone of my instrument and I remember just playing one note for an hour to just kind of feel the resonance of the violin.

  Andrew Bird

  Thinking, Violin, Tone

  "Andrew Bird On Songwriting, Chicago And Hideout’s 15th Anniversary Block Party" by Lauren Drell, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 22, 2011.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Why write a song when no one can play the notes or understand the lyrics?

  Christopher Moore

  Song, Writing, Play

  Christopher Moore (2009). “Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story”, p.142, Simon and Schuster

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Because cheating is easier when we can justify our behavior, people often cheat in small amounts: We can come up with an excuse for stealing Post-It notes, but it is much more difficult to come up with an excuse for taking $10,000 from petty cash.

  Dan Ariely

  Cheating, People, Cash

  4 Copy quote

• The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness... the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes.

  Norman McLaren

  Numbers, Quality, Elements

  11 Copy quote

• I start with a beat sheet, which is more of an abbreviated outline. It hits all the major plot points. From there, I move to note cards. But the most important part of my process is my inspiration board.

  Kami Garcia

  Moving, Inspiration, Important

  "Interview: Kami Garcia, 'Unbreakable'". Interview with Jessie Potts, happyeverafter.usatoday.com. October 1, 2013.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• I've bought QPP shares but unfortunately both times I bought it they immediately dropped by over 10p. Do you pay much attention to the dealing notes?

  Alan Green

  Attention, Pay, Share

  6 Copy quote

• Punk. . .was more a kind of do-it-yourself, anyone-can-do-it attitude. If you only played two notes on the guitar, you could figure out a way to make a song out of that, and that's what it was all about.

  David Byrne

  Song, Attitude, Guitar

  5 Copy quote