quotes about Character Flaws

“And just everyone in the 40s, you got to realize, for his time period, take Justin Bieber and put it on ***** - there was no one like Frank Sinatra before that. And you didn't have the amount of outlets that you have today and the variety that you have today. So, the Great American Songbook united the nation unlike any other music, because there weren't so many different kinds of communications.”

“You must show respect and compassion towards the other musicians, and at the same time try to guide things along. I think this is most important. Obviously, you need the capacity and the skills, but technical skill alone is not enough.”

“We are all missionaries. Wherever we go we either bring people nearer to Christ or we repel them from Christ.”

“Democrats have always historically referred to our families as working families, and I have sort of changed that moniker. I think what we have is a nation of worried families - families that are concerned about job security, families who thought their pensions were secure and now have questions.”

“When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans.”

“For it is a plain fact that, most certainly in the West, the writings, works of art, musical compositions which are of central reference, comport that which is "grave and constant" (Joyce's epithets) in the mystery of our condition.”

“Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.”

“The designer must understand that form does not follow function nor does form follow a production process. For every use and for every production process there are innumerable equally attractive solutions.”

Source : "Eva Zeisel obituary" by Tanya Harrod, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2012.

“At no time am I a quick thinker or writer: whatever I have done in science has solely been by long pondering, patience and industry.”

“Life is a climb and it's a struggle getting to the top but the drop to the bottom can be quick and so I think you have to embrace every moment of the day.”

Source : "Hannah Montana: The Movie - Miley Cyrus interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.