Effortless Mastery Quotes

#1. No doubt, the White House thinks the American people know Obama's story. But since the Inauguration, we've seen only the president's present: his perfect family, his Ivy League elegance, his effortless mastery of complex issues. We never see him sweat. And we forget that he ever had to struggle.

Dee Dee Myers

#2. The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward.

Gene Tunney

#3. You don't get on your feet if you don't have to, you know. And these people were on their feet rockin', and that was thrilling for David and I, absolutely.

Graham Nash

#4. Working with Sturges was like working with a guy who wanted to have a party all the time. He was very serious about his work, but in between shots, he was fun and we would play games.

Eddie Bracken

#5. to have to combat one's instincts - that is the formula for decadence: as long as life is ascending, happiness and instinct are one.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#6. See God in the instruments and mechanisms that work reliably.

Walter Isaacson

#7. The day I will never forget is the day I married my wife, Tashera. Tashera is so special to my boys and me. Her energy is enough to put anyone on a cloud. Her dedication and care gives me comfort and ease.

DMX

#8. The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano.

Yoko Ono

#9. A lot of guys get slammed pretty hard. I do think there's a tendency with women performers to just sort of write them off. The "Flavor of the Month" kind of thing. Or as a novelty, because I do think women in bands are still considered a novelty, or a little confection.

Nina Gordon

#10. I felt the tributaries of his veins, wished to enter into his bloodstream, travel there, dissolved and bodiless, to take refuge in the thick walled chambers of his heart.

Diana Gabaldon

#11. There never yet has been a great system sustained by force under which all the best faculties of men have not slowly withered.

Auberon Herbert

#12. A happy soul, that all the way
To heaven hath a summer's day.

Richard Crashaw

#13. Monk taught me more about music composition than anyone else on 52nd Street.

Miles Davis

#14. Because they drive on the left in China,

Jo Nesbo

#15. I loved Jordan. He was one of the greatest athletes of our time.

Mariah Carey

#16. Competition is a tough weed, not a delicate flower.

George Stigler

#17. A quiet mind allows the artist to tap into the wellspring of Divine Music within.

Kenny Werner

#18. If you can't be happy where you are, you can't be happy anywhere

Neil Gaiman