Antonio Carlos Jobim Quotes

#1. The songs he chose reflected that same withdrawn, private man, but this man had the gift of expressing his inner soulscape through the medium of some of the 20th century's finest songwriters, from Rodgers and Hart to Antonio Carlos Jobim to Jimmy Webb, and as always, making those songs his own.

Neil Peart

#2. There's an album by Antonio Carlos Jobim - the album with 'The Girl From Ipanema.' That's the most seductive music ever.

Harry Connick Jr.

#3. A fella who accepts himself and is relaxed into who he is - that appeals to people.

Jeff Bridges

#4. Standing behind" a politician just because you voted for him or her does not make you patriotic, or loyal, or even smart - what it does make you is derelict in your responsibilities as a citizen.

Joseph Befumo

#5. I was a beach boy, and I believe I learned my songs from the birds of the Brazilian forest.

Antonio Carlos Jobim

#6. The summer before I went to culinary school, my family wanted me to take a job on a movie to make sure that I was making the right decision. I think they hoped I would change my mind about culinary school.

Giada De Laurentiis

#7. The Niagara on a bicycle. It's like trying to cross the Niagara on a bicycle, which is impossible, but it's an expression in the Dominican Republic that basically says that someone is going through a hard time.

Juan Luis Guerra

#8. Most of us who have healthy eyesight are extremely attached to our vision, often without being conscious that we are. We depend heavily on our eyes, and yet we rarely give them a second thought. I, at least, am this way. The physical world is almost hyper-vivid to me.

Rosemary Mahoney

#9. I had a son born to me when I was 50, and I thought, 'He needs someone to bowl to him.'

Peter O'Toole

#10. Ethan stood there, his face blue and wrinkled, his lips pulled into a rictus grin. In one hand, he clutched a butcher knife. Blood splattered his hands and face. 'Mommy slipped,' he whispered, and plunged the knife into my leg

Julie Kagawa

#11. What really swings is the music of the United States, Cuba, the Caribbean and vicinity, and, of course, Brazil. The rest is all waltzes.

Antonio Carlos Jobim

#12. It is difficult to distinguish where the feminine ends and nature begins.

Antonio Carlos Jobim

#13. What is the meaning of La Belle Dame Sans Merci? - have you never been enthralled? enchantment that is unrequited desolates the soul ...

John Geddes

#14. You just never know who's going to have chemistry. You can put two of the sexiest people in the world together, and they could be completely flat.

Rosamund Pike