Top 31 Whiting Quotes
#1. 'Extremes meet', as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth.
Thomas Hood
#2. Whereas some people's attitude suggested that perhaps they knew something you didn't, Mrs. Whiting's implied that she knew everything you didn't. She alone had been paying attention, so it was her duty to bring you at least partially up to speed.
Richard Russo
#3. If she wanted to go back to Boston so damn bad, she should just do it. He said this knowing full well she wouldn't, for it was the particular curse of the Whiting men that their wives remained loyal to them out of spite. By
Richard Russo
#4. Rome is stately and impressive; Florence is all beauty and enchantment; Genoa is picturesque; Venice is a dream city; but Naples is simply
fascinating.
Lilian Whiting
#5. The musicians recommend that I sing a sing the way it is written the first time and then start to look for other notes that aren't in the melody.
Margaret Whiting
#6. So many schools have cut the music classes out of their curriculum. We're trying to fill that gap by teaching the teachers how to educate the kids about their musical heritage.
Margaret Whiting
#9. [On the premiere of a dull show:] I've seen more excitement at the opening of an umbrella.
Margaret Whiting
#10. We teach young kids from 8 to 14 or 15 about their musical heritage through great songs written by American songwriters. We don't do too many modern composers, although we include songs from Billy Joel and other writers like him.
Margaret Whiting
#11. Rosemary was a little nervous about going onstage, but she went on with us. I saw her at a party, and a couple of months later they called me about doing the act.
Margaret Whiting
#12. When an object or purpose is clearly held in thought, its precipitation, in tangible and visible form, is merely a question of time. The vision always precedes, and itself determines the realization.
Lilian Whiting
#13. If ten men are carrying a log - nine of them on the little end and one at the heavy end - and you want to help, which end will you lift on?
William Whiting Borden
#14. It is far better to appreciate and not to possess, than to possess and not to appreciate.
Lilian Whiting
#15. The way I teach people to sing ... I have them talk the lyric out until it sounds like something they really believe, like an actor with a monologue.
Margaret Whiting
#16. True socialism is the equalization of all privileges. The power to take advantage of them,
that is another matter ...
Lilian Whiting
#17. Unmarried couples should get married - that's an excellent tax avoidance measure, if a bit drastic.
John Whiting
#18. If somebody doesn't like you, there's nothing you can do to make that person like you.
Edmund Carpenter
#19. Huge containers of red and pink geraniums were placed on each step and window boxes full of pink and lavender flowers lined the porch railings.
J.A. Whiting
#20. History and legend and art and romance meet and mingle to create that indefinable sorcery of Venice. It is like nothing on earth except a poet's dream ...
Lilian Whiting
#21. No one has success until he has the abounding life. This is made up of the many-fold activity of energy, enthusiasm and gladness. It is to spring to meet the day with a thrill at being alive. It is to go forth to meet the morning in an ecstasy of joy. It is to realize the oneness of humanity.
Lilian Whiting
#22. Doris Day was such a big movie and TV star, people overlooked her singing. The proof is in the package. She's one of the best singers there ever was.
Margaret Whiting
#23. Johnny Mercer was my father's best friend and became mine as well. And Harold Arlen, whom I would call Uncle Harry, and Harry Warren: those were ones who I really became close to.
Margaret Whiting
#24. I had years of experience that I still needed to accumulate and go through.
Margaret Whiting
#26. Service is the joy-giving factor in daily life. It is as spontaneous as light, as subtle as electricity, as exhilarating as sunshine. It exists primarily as a spiritual attitude. It lies in the constant recognition of the brotherhood of humanity toward each and all with whom we come in contact.
Lilian Whiting
#27. Looking back, I realize it was the first time I experienced how cruel life can be. How swiftly a simple act can change in.
Sue Whiting
#28. Opportunity is responsibility. It is a fleeing conjunction of circumstances. It is a test as well as a privilege. To be always equal to the opportunity, - what more could be said of the highest success in life?
Lilian Whiting
#29. PAYE means pay as you earn but it could also mean Pretty Accurate Yet Estimated.
John Whiting
#30. That's really what was wonderful for me growing up, since I got to know so many of the songwriters who liked me and thought I had talent. They would then tell me how to read a lyric and sing a song, and challenge me to try and find a different end to a song.
Margaret Whiting
#31. To live in Venice is like being domesticated in the heart of an opal.
Lilian Whiting
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