Eddie Heywood quotes

Eddie Heywood quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Tatum plays so much piano it sounds impossible. The more I hear him, the more I want to give up the piano and drive a milk truck.”
-- Eddie Heywood

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“Do not be proud of wealth, people, relations and friends, or youth. All these are snatched by time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme.”
“To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like. Give up doing the things that you do not like to do. You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.”

Source : Agnes Martin (2005). “Schriften”, Cantz
“I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.”
“The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.”
“The most memorable people in life will be the friends who loved you when you werenâ€™t very lovable.”
“Tasting a dish should be memorable If nothing remains in the memory of a single guest, then I have made a mistake.”
“A scientist is a mimosa when he himself has made a mistake, and a roaring lion when he discovers a mistake of others.”
“Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.”
“If the English language had been properly organized ... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis', which would save a lot of trouble.”
“Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep can play with the boys but there just aren't that many tour-de-force roles out there for women,”

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