Compulsions Quotes

He who joyfully marches to music in rank

and file has already earned my contempt.

He has been given a large brain by mistake,

since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

These men ask for just the same thing,

fairness, and fairness only.

This, so far as in my power,

they, and all others, shall have.

Music is an honest reflection of who I am.

If you think your teacher is tough,

wait until you get a boss.

I’m a big fan of the classic Hollywood era.

Instructions for living a life: Pay attention.

Be astonished.

Tell about it.

Use what language you will,

you can never say anything but what you are.

I’ve always been a bit of a fighter.

To live is the rarest thing in the world.

Most people exist,

that is all.

It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law,

but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.

Your brand is what other people say about you

when you're not in the room.

To my mind the old masters are not art;

their value is in their scarcity.

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel

in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

Lead by example,

not just by words.

No such thing as a life that’s better than yours.

Never pick a fight with people

who buy ink by the barrel.

America is another name for opportunity.

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you,

pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

Travel isn’t always pretty.

It isn’t always comfortable.

Sometimes it hurts,

it even breaks your heart.

But that’s okay.

The journey changes you;

it should change you.

Legislation is meaningful only when it empowers people.