quotes about Trombone

“Whatever may be the reason, whether it was that Hitler thought he might get away with what he had got without fighting for it, orwhether it was that after all the preparations were not sufficiently complete--however, one thing is certain: he missed the bus.”

Source : Speech at Central Hall,Westminster, England, 4 Apr. 1940

“Very often the things we most desire come only after much patience and struggle.”

Source : Richelle Mead (2010). “Succubus Blues”, p.504, Zebra Books

“If you know the differences between an oak and a poplar, a spruce and a pine, down to the needles... you are able to paint that tree with more conviction, even if done with a few broad strokes.”

“From zoning to labor to food safety to insurance, local food systems daily face a phalanx of regulatory hurdles designed and implemented to police industrial food models but which prejudicially wipe out the antidote: appropriate scaled local food systems.”

“Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose! That Youths sweet-scented Manuscript should close!”

“Paul Bearer has more chins than a Chinese phone book!”

“Oftentimes the fascinating thing is that people who are seen as commanding figures at the moment that they were considered for President and did not run turned out to be treated by history as much more minor figures politically.”

“My confidence allows me to do things my way and help people make a decision. People like the idea of me just being me.”

“I was a bookish kid, not really athletic.”

Source : "The Confessions of Mike De Luca" by Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 23, 2011.

“Unions are about the collective leverage, the power of numbers versus the power of capital.”