Ayrs Quotes

#1. Other nights, Ayrs likes me to read him poetry, especially his beloved Keats. He whispers the verses as I recite, as if his voice is leaning on mine.

David Mitchell

#2. In the Belgian backwaters, south of Bruges, there lives a reclusive English composer, named Vyvyan Ayrs. You won't have heard of him because you're a musical oaf, but he's one of the greats.

David Mitchell

#3. Summer has taken a sensuous turn: Ayrs's wife and I are lovers. Don't alarm yourself! Only in the carnal sense.

David Mitchell

#4. In the smoky firelight the two old men nodded off like a pair of ancient kings passing the aeons in their tumuli. Made a musical notation of their snores. Elgar is to be played by a bass tuba, Ayrs a bassoon.

David Mitchell

#5. The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step, you understand that Richard Nixon lied. That he was a criminal.

Bob Woodward

#6. That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people.

Norman Lear

#7. There is no "mid" about it. Life is a crisis from the cradle to the grave.

Graham Joyce

#8. There seldom is enmity between seasoned old politicians, who know as much as men can of human weakness and human strength.

Tom Wicker

#9. Genius can do much, but even genius falls short of the actuality of a single human life.

Hamilton Wright Mabie

#10. The best possible thing you can get out of a relationship is that you're with someone who encourages you to be the best version of yourself every day.

Nishan