Joseph Rickaby quotes

“A great man is one who seizes the vital issue in a complex question, what we might call the jugular vein of the whole organism, and spends his energies upon that”
-- Joseph Rickaby

Source : Joseph Rickaby (1925). “An Old Man's Jottings”

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“Most of us would be far enough from vanity if we heard all the things that are said about us.”
-- Joseph Rickaby

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“Half Europe thought... that with the Pope the Papacy was dead.”
-- Joseph Rickaby

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“For the most part I have been able to meet all my goals, but I always strive for bigger goals in life so everything's not complete just yet. My first aspiration was to be known as a singer and also as an advocate for sickle cell disease. I try to be that inspiration, you know. It's not as bad as people try to make it seem. I mean, it is, but it's not. People don't have to be afraid of it; they don't have to be held down by it. Try to find triumph in the situation.”

“Someone once asked me... whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: "Every day!"”

Source : Aaron Copland (2011). “What to Listen For in Music”, p.27, Penguin

“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.”

“The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.”

“The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.”

“You know, one of the things I like about this world, or at least I like about the way we're presenting this world, is these issues are terribly complicated - not nearly as black and white as we're led to believe.”

Source : "Actor Michael Emerson". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. May 16, 2012.

“The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.”

“[George] Uhlenbeck was a highly gifted physicist. One of his remarkable traits was he would read every issue of T%he Physical Review from cover to cover.”

“Many times I heard Imam Ahmad saying (when asked to give his opinion) on controversial scholarly issues 'I do not know.'”

“The first thing anyone can do, about any issue, is get informed.”