“I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.”
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) Russian composer, pianist and conductor
“I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.”
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) Russian composer, pianist and conductor
“I assumed that some of the gold bars I received were melted gold teeth.”
Oswald Pohl (1892–1951) Head of the SS Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt
To Leon Goldensohn, June 5, 1946, from "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004.
"The Nuremberg Interviews"
“Prestige bars any serious attack on power. Do people attack a thing they consider with awe?”
George Jackson (activist) (1941–1971) activist, Marxist, author, member of the Black Panther Party, and co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family
Source: Blood in My Eye (1971), p. 50
Sunisa Lee (2003) American artistic gymnast; first Hmong American Olympic gold medalist
"Sunisa Lee Says She's 'Going to Delete Twitter' So She Can Focus on Preparing for Beam Final" in People (1 August 2021) https://people.com/sports/tokyo-olympics-sunisa-lee-going-to-delete-twitter-focus-preparing-beam-final/
Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet
Thoughts and Glimpses (1916-17)
“The day I leave the power, inside my pockets will only be dust.”
António de Oliveira Salazar (1889–1970) Prime Minister of Portugal
Quoted in Salazar: biographical study - page 383; of Franco Nogueira - Published by Atlantis Publishing, 1977