I was fifteen years old, and I hardly knew how to play a simple Bach prelude on the piano when I began to compose music, and at the most advanced level. I had never studied such things as harmony.
I spend my happiest hours in reading Vedantic books. They are to me like the light of the morning, like the pure air of the mountains - so simple, so true, if once understood.
The only reason I wanted 'Making Toast' as the title is that it is a simple gesture of moving on. Every morning there's the bread and you make the toast and you start the day.
Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted.
To recommend that women become identical to men, would be simple reversal, and would defeat the whole point of androgyny, and for that matter, feminism: in both, the whole point is choice.
My argument is simple, which is, that for several thousand years in Western civilization, marriage has been the union of one man and one woman. Research is overwhelming that children need mothers and fathers.
While the notion that torture works has been glorified in television shows and movies, the simple truth is this: torture has never been an effective interrogation method.
[Marty gives Visser his money] Marty: Count it, and go. Private Detective Visser: Naw, I trust you. [Visser shoots Marty]
In the end it’s all very simple. Either we give ourselves to Silence or we don’t.
The struggle against poverty in the world and the challenge of cutting wealthy country emissions all has a single, very simple solution... Here it is: Put a price on carbon.
My son loves my carbonara. I've tried to master that recipe - it's very simple but very delicate. Once prepared it must be eaten quickly.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, and out of that comes beauty. The more simple and beautiful from within we are, the more complete we become.
I've always liked simple. Growing up, I wore corduroys and Lacoste shirts, Maraolo flats, and maybe one gold bracelet.
The complexity of things - the things within things - just seems to be endless. I mean nothing is easy, nothing is simple.
I'm lucky with my skin - it doesn't require a lot of attention, so I keep things simple. And I drink a lot of water.
I have two beautiful children and my husband. The perfect day for me is just to be with them and have fun. We like simple things, you know.
Really I just want to get on with my job, which is to pretend to be lots of different people. Simple as that.
One simple test of the claim that the pleasure in the world outweighs the pain…is to compare the feelings of an animal that is devouring another with those of the animal being devoured.
When dealing with illegal immigration, the answer is simple; enforce Constitutional mandates, and you will protect Floridians and the American people.
Newton's laws of physics can rarely be applied to the real world. There is more to life than cause and effect. Things just aren't that simple
And that's why any of my picture books exist: They all seem to be built backwards from a simple, emotionally optimistic story beat.
