Von Bingen Quotes

#1. Hildegard von Bingen conveys spiritual ecstasy, if we're talking of Western music. What bothers me about Western music is that it doesn't have an esoteric dimension in the way the music of the East has, whether it be Byzantine chant, the music of the Sufis, or Hindu music.

John Tavener

#2. Billions of dollars have been put into genetic research.

Anne Wojcicki

#3. Although I am a strong political conservative, I now believe that the costs of our fruitless struggle against illegal drugs are not worth the modest benefits likely to be achieved.

Ernest Van Den Haag

#4. The sense of jubilee for music and what we're making is always genuine.

Florence Welch

#5. A half-man (or, rather, half-person) is not someone who does not have an opinion, just someone who does not take risks for it.

Anonymous

#6. My family is first-generation Nigerian, and we grew up in a very small, suburban town in New England, Massachusetts. So I do understand what it feels like to be an 'only' in that regard.

Uzo Aduba

#7. Un-thread the rude eye of rebellion, and welcome home again discarded faith.

William Shakespeare

#8. How ironic that returning to a raw and ancient form of worship is now seen as new and even cutting edge. We are simply going back to a vintage form of worship which has been around for as long as the church has been in existence.

Dan Kimball

#9. If you cannot sleep, sing to your soul.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#10. Rap now is multi-generational, which has its own issues. My son is a big Cudi fan, but he does not like talking to me about Kid Cudi.

Lyor Cohen

#11. Like billowing clouds,
Like the incessant gurgle of the brook,
The longing of the spirit can never be stilled.

Hildegard Von Bingen

#12. But Pete had the desire to play at the highest level for so many years. That is very difficult, mentally.

Richard Krajicek

#13. The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.

Adam Hamilton

#14. Life is always a competition.

James Marquess

#15. I've had strong opinions probably since I was born. It makes you unpopular, but what can you do?

James D. Watson

#16. Be brave. Write plainly.

Patricia O'Connor

#17. You can't turn on your television without seeing these advertisements about clean coal, clean tar sands and the claim that there's more jobs associated with fossil fuels than other industries. That's of course not true. But they're hammering that into the voters' heads.

James Hansen