Quotes of Count Basie

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Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!

- Count Basie

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“ Though lovers be lost love shall not. ”

- Dylan Thomas

“ Reading is life, Reading is knowledge, Reading Is Everything. ”

- Ezra Heft

“ Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something. ”

- Rainbow Rowell

“ We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire. ”

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“ When your only competition is becoming a better you, you will always win the game. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ Music is love, love is music, music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night. ”

- A. J. McLean

“ That's a misconception, Lennie. The sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet. ”

- Jandy Nelson

“ In the waltz of the leaves in the air In the features of the playful clouds In the nostalgia carried by the wind In Paris alone, I save your love (fragment from Your presence “partout”, chapter Hope) ”

- Claudia Pavel

“ To the wellorganized mind, death is but the next great adventure. ”

- J.K. Rowling

“ When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge — every adversity — contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ As a woman, you are always empowering others and helping people out of their situations. The time has come, and the time is now, for you to take charge of your own journey. It doesn’t matter how young or how old you are. It is time for you to freefall into giving yourself a chance at love, and the first person you should fall in love with is yourself. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ How do I say “I miss you” in a way that will make your heart ache as mine does? ”

- Unknown

“ May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality... First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love. ”

- Thomas S. Monson

“ Be brave. Don't just live in your cave till your grave. ”

- RVM

“ I have come from the End of the World. From the River of Dreams, through the gauntlet and the Briar and the Deep Wyld, in order to stand before you today. I have but one request—to take my place at your side. To resume my duty as your knight, and to protect you and your kingdom for as long as I draw breath. ”

- Julie Kagawa

“ My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ Our children will be counted, and justice will be served. Our babies deserve a fair chance at life. We are our children’s groundbreakers; therefore, we cannot give up. We might run out of breath but we must have the willpower when moving forward to fight for our children’s voices to be heard. Bullying is not accepted ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ The one that’s different often has the odds stacked against them but usually ends up with the biggest rewards so it’s always worth it. ”

- TorronLee Dewar

“ True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ”

- Erich Segal

“ When we go into stillness we can hear our soul’s voice loud and clear. If we speak from our heart we share our soul’s melody with the world. ”

- Christina Goetz

“ A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes. ”

- Robert Frost

“ The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. ”

- Émile Zola

“ Fake it 'till you make it. ”

- Gayle Forman

“ ?Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. ”

- Voltaire