Begin The Beguine Quotes

#1. It ["Begin the Beguine"] became such a hit that it superseded anything that any band had ever had. It was the first time that a so-called swing band played something melodic and still gave it a beat.

Artie Shaw

#2. My absolute favorite pieces are 'Rhapsody in Blue' and 'Begin the Beguine.' I play these when I am working.

Wilbur Smith

#3. But if there's nothing wrong with me, he thought, then there is something wrong with the world. And if there is nothing wrong with the world, then I have wasted my life and that is the worst mistake of all.

Walker Percy

#4. Just because you've read someone's Facebook status doesn't mean you're truly in touch with that person.

George Wallace

#5. So what do we do next? Y'know, as people in a relationship after they've solved a conflict."
"Pretty sure a blow job should follow this," he said seriously.

Alice Clayton

#6. Loving one another is half of wisdom.

Ali Ibn Abi Talib

#7. No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth.

Charles Spurgeon

#8. When people are right with God, they are apt to be hard on themselves and easy on other people. But when they are not right with God, they are easy on themselves and hard on others.

John Newton

#9. And try letting yourself be carried away by your feelings, blindly, without reflection, without a primary cause, repelling consciousness at least for a time, hate or love, if only not to sit with your hands folded.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#10. To worry is to add another hazard.

Amelia Earhart

#11. One of my best friends, Mike, had a kid. Just seeing him go through it all was inspiring. It would be so nice to care about someone more than yourself. And Mike is a total delinquent, so if he can do it, I figure I can, too.

Conor Oberst

#12. To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.

Peter McWilliams

#13. Like all pacifists, Zweig evaded the question of how to protect the peaceful sheep from the ravening wolves, no doubt in the unrealistic hope that the wolves would one day discover the advantages of vegetarianism.

Theodore Dalrymple