Manfred Mann Quotes

#1. I grew up in South Africa, but like many people at that time, I couldn't bear living in the country. The main motivation for moving to Britain was to get away.

Manfred Mann

#2. We(humans) have immortal capabilities, its just that we take them for granted.

Billkevin Wanjohi

#3. One of my side strange abilities is to hear a good song, no matter how it's being performed. Even if you get a bad performance, I can still hear that there's a good song.

Manfred Mann

#4. It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At. moments of trial refinement is a feeble reed to lean upon.

Alice James

#5. In 1962 I wrote for 'Jazz News,' using the pseudonym Manfred Manne, which I picked because of a jazz drummer with that name. I later dropped the 'e.'

Manfred Mann

#6. His breath in my ear, he ran his tongue along the curved edge, sucking the fleshy lobe and my small diamond stud into his mouth, and my eyes drifted closed while I babbled a weak sound of longing.

Tammara Webber

#7. As the temperature drops, the need for heating oil goes up.

Christopher Dodd

#8. The booze makes you a liar and the lies you tell yourself are the biggest.

J.D. Ruskin

#9. Finally the bell rings and the teenage Pavlovian dogs mosve to the next kennel.

Carrie Jones

#10. The man was so smooth he wouldn't slide on an oil slick.

Faith Hunter

#11. Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do.

Baltasar Gracian

#12. Would they quarrel so much, if they were indifferent?

Hilary Mantel

#13. Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.

Oliver Goldsmith

#14. Maybe most Moslems peaceful, but until they recognize and destroy their growing jihadist cancer they must be held responsible,

Rupert Murdoch

#15. I think the chance of finding beauty is higher if you don't work on it directly. Beauty in architecture is driven by practicality. This is what you learn from studying the old townscapes of the Swiss farmers.

Peter Zumthor

#16. To be honest, I know there are shows that have a lot of women and they say, 'Oh, we love each other!' but I don't know if I totally believe it.

Madchen Amick

#17. An artist doesn't really create anything - he just rearranges what is already there.

Paramahansa Yogananda

#18. The age of 18 seemed the right time to try something different in my life. Moving to the U.K. was a risk, and I was never confident that I could ever make a full-time living being a musician, but I had to try. Initially, I worked as a jazz musician in pubs or with bands.

Manfred Mann