“No, not one little song,' replied the Rat firmly, though his heart bled as he noticed the trembling lip of the poor disappointed Toad. 'It's no good, Toady; you know well that your songs are all conceit and boasting and vanity; and your speeches are all self-praise and — and — well, and gross exaggeration and — and — '
'And gas,' put in the Badger, in his common way.”

— Kenneth Grahame, book The Wind in the Willows

Source: The Wind in the Willows (1908), Ch. 12

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British novelist 1859–1932

Kresley Cole book A Hunger Like No Other

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“People have kept on asking me: did he sing well? I reply, the world is a song, but we do not know whether it is a good song because we have nothing to compare it with.”

Halldór Laxness (1902–1998) Icelandic author

Brekkukotsannáll (The Fish Can Sing) (1957)

“This was when she asked him whether it was true that love conquered all, as the songs said. 'It is true', he replied, 'but you would do well not to believe it.”

Gabriel García Márquez book Of Love and Other Demons

Source: Of Love and Other Demons

“The sweetest little song:

You go your way
I'll go your way too!”

Leonard Cohen book Book of Longing

Variant: You go your way
I'll go your way too
Source: Book of Longing

“The Hokey Pokey. Think about it. At the end of the song, what do we learn? What is it all about?… You put your whole self in!”

Martin de Maat (1949–2001) American theatre director

As quoted in "Community Mourns the Death of Martin de Maat" by Lisa Lewis (2 March 2001)

“Note to self: While on the treadmill you may lip-sync to the songs on your iPod but DO NOT dance along. You look like an idiot.”

Chris Colfer (1990) actor, singer, book author

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“He ceased; but still their trembling ears retained
The deep vibrations of his witching song.”

James Thomson (poet) The Castle of Indolence

Canto I, Stanza 20.
The Castle of Indolence (1748)

“To talk about other people's affairs is a great mistake. To praise them, too, is unfttting. In any event, it is best to know your own ability well, to put forth effort in your endeavors, and to be discreet in speech.”

Tsunetomo Yamamoto book Hagakure

Hagakure (c. 1716)

“To your utmost, listen to every beautiful song
As though filling all the self with sound and melody
One should plunge head-first into life
As one dives from a cliff into the emerald sea”

Ataol Behramoğlu (1942) Turkish writer

I've Learned Some Things (2008)

“Most high, all powerful, all good Lord! All praise is yours, all glory, all honor, and all blessing. To you, alone, Most High, do they belong. No mortal lips are worthy to pronounce your name. Praise be to God.”

Francis of Assisi Canticle of the Sun

Canticle of the Sun

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