#tunes

Fortunes are made, and disappear, over the lifetime of a single generation. Today, a person in essence takes his wealth from society just for the duration of his or her lifetime. The next generation has to create it anew. ↗

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

#create #disappear #duration #essence #fortunes

This ship was a league from us, and some of the men would have taken her, and I would not consent to it, and this Moore said I always hindered them making their fortunes. Was that not the reason I struck him? Was there a mutiny on board? ↗

— William Kidd

#board #consent #fortunes #her #him

When I found the music of Monk I finally found music that fit that horn. Every one of his tunes fit it perfectly. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#finally #fit #found #his #horn

I'm not going to lie. I check the iTunes charts. It's all about the iTunes charts. I only go on the Internet for the iTunes charts and basketball blogs. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#basketball #blogs #charts #check #go

I picked all the tunes before I went to Memphis, and the band was all set. Willie Mitchell is an arranger like I am, and he let me do what I had to do. ↗

— Otis Rush

#arranger #band #before #had #hell is

I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes. ↗

— Otis Rush

#guitar #how #i #i write #play

Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor. ↗

— John Ruskin

#fortunes #founded #labor #land #large

Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#closely #earned #i #imitate #imitating

Rock and roll is a contact sport. I enjoy playing the tunes that really get the people going. ↗

— Richie Sambora

#enjoy #get #going #i #people

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes. ↗

— Madame de Stael

#connection #existence #faults #misfortunes #mystery