Great quotes that you like

[RU OX Alum]

"Education is the sleeping pill that makes dreams possible."--Peggy Hill

[cheerfulgreek]

It's not really a quote, but I remember when I was about 8 or 9 my mom and dad got into a little disagreement, and after their little spat, my dad asked me this:

"Why is that some people who can't take advice always insist on giving it?"

I miss my dad SO much.

[MysticCat]

Will I sound like a total GC dork if my favorite quote is one that I learned from my Fraternity's probationary member manual? I have used it as a sig from time to time; it is attributed to Plato:

The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other instrument but with the whole of his life.

Shakespeare provides so many quotable lines, but like SWTXBelle, I seem to be using one in particular from Hamlet a lot:

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

[XAntoftheSkyX]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Shakespeare provides so many quotable lines, but like SWTXBelle, I seem to be using one in particular from Hamlet a lot

I love Hamlet, I have "To thine own self be true" tattooed on my back.

Favorite line from that is "There is no right or wrong, but thinking makes it so."

From my Dad: "Instructions are just someone else's opinion on how to do something."

"The worst thing a musician can do is play notes, and not music." -Exchange student in high school.

"Alright, raise you hands as high as they can go, now two inches higher...THAT IS WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR LIFE!" -Former Band Director

"Simply because you can breathe, doesn't mean that you're alive, or that you've really lived."-Rise Against

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by XAntoftheSkyX

"The worst thing a musician can do is play notes, and not music." -Exchange student in high school.

For some reason, this reminds me of one of my favorite quotes by one of the greatest English wits, the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham. Sir Thomas reportedly was quite dissatisfied with the performance of a female cellist and remonstrated her thus:

“Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands - and all you can do is scratch it”