Amos Quotes

Neil says "Hi" by the way... ~ Tori Amos

For years I've gathered various books, sources. When I was little it might have been Tolkien, and so I would have just four books around me. I couldn't afford many books at the time, so I'd have what I had. Maybe I'd tear out ten or twenty pictures from magazines because I couldn't afford art books. I would check out library books and try to keep them as long as I could, but I couldn't jot my notes in them. For any particular song, I can't tell you the books that were on the floor, the photographs on the floor. I don't let anybody keep a record of that. Those are the secret ingredients. ~ Tori Amos

The detective had been watching the video of Julie Mao's fight with her captors over and over again while they'd waited on Naomi and Amos to finish their work. It gave Holden the disquieting feeling that Miller was storing the footage in his head. Fuel for something he planned to do later. ~ James S.A. Corey

When we traveled for two and half days, we reached the Deads' road from which dead babies drove us, and when we reached there, we could not travel on it because of fearful dead babies, etc. which were still on it. ~ Amos Tutuola

Tell me, is it true there's no word for Schadenfreude in English? ~ Amos Oz

Captain," Amos said with mock surprise. "Have you actually learned from your past? Is this a new thing you do now? ~ James S.A. Corey

Let's be honest. You let yourself be pulled in because it felt good to be wanted, needed. But then it went too far, as projected images always do. If it's not a real image, but one that has been projected on to you, then you can keep up the masquerade for only so long before the mask cracks and the paint on the mask peels away. ~ Tori Amos

It's vital to be growing through your life rather than going through your life. The object is not to change other people or situations; it's to do the inner work they stimulate. ~ Wally Amos

Oh good," Amos replied. "Somebody got killed there. That's how we claim stuff, you know. This planet is officially ours now. ~ James S.A. Corey

There certainly are situations where I feel not empowered or uninspired. Particularly when the person's agenda is to intimidate through abusing their position or their authority. When I am present and in a nonreactive state, then I can become like snake and slide through their "intimidation net" back into the creative plane. When I am in a reactive state, I usually regret responding, because usually all that happens is that the intimidator feels righteously vindicated. ~ Tori Amos

Now, now," Bast said. "It's not so bad."
"Right," I said. "We're stuck in Washington, D.C. We have two days to make it to Arizona and stop a god we don't know how to stop. And if we can't, we'll never see our dad or Amos again, and the world might end."
"That's the spirit!" Bast said brightly. "Now, let's have a picnic. ~ Rick Riordan

Music and philanthropy have a long, benevolent relationship with one another. Record bins are rife with charity singles, and concert history is filled with benefit shows for every imaginable cause. Musicians like to give back. ~ Shawn Amos

I share your feeling that such behavior is, in some sense, unwise or erroneous, but this does not mean that it does not occur,' Amos wrote to an American economist who complained about the description of human nature implied by 'Value Theory.' 'A theory of vision cannot be faulted for predicting optical illusions. Similarly, a descriptive theory of choice cannot be rejected on the grounds that it predicts 'irrational behavior' if the behavior in question is in fact observed. ~ Michael Lewis

Over the last few hours I've allowed myself to feel defeated, and just like she said if you allow yourself to feel the way you really feel, maybe you won't be afraid of that feeling anymore. ~ Tori Amos

It's fun to write your set list 20 minutes before and keep the crew very much on their toes. ~ Tori Amos

I love the classic crooners, but I got that from my mother - she worked in a record store. ~ Tori Amos

The world that we all knew before, could wake up in feeling safe ... now it seems that everything has been turned upside down. ~ Tori Amos

Amos and I introduced the idea of a conjunction fallacy, which people commit when they judge a conjunction of two events (here, bank teller and feminist) to be more probable than one of the events (bank teller) in a direct comparison. ~ Daniel Kahneman

I've never seen oil slicks covering such a large area in the Gulf of Mexico. ~ John Amos

Cornwall is one of the most beautiful places, with great people - there's not a great downside to it. ~ Tori Amos

The Marine Corps has been, and will continue to be, America's Expeditionary Force in Readiness - ready to respond to today's crisis, with today's Marine forces, today. ~ James F. Amos

Thomas Mann writes somewhere that hatred is simply love with a minus sign placed before it. ~ Amos Oz

I said
she's gone
but I'm alive, I'm alive
I'm coming in the graveyard
to sing you to sleep now ~ Tori Amos

One must espouse some pursuit, taking it kindly at heart and with enthusiasm. ~ Amos Bronson Alcott

We all need a place that we can go, And feel over the rainbow ~ Amos Lee

There's nothing but spirit in music. That's all it is. Yeah, there's a lot of intellectual elements to it, but no matter how you approach it, it's all spirit. ~ Amos Lee

When you stop putting yourself on the line, and you don't touch your own heart, how do you expect to touch other people? ~ Tori Amos

There is value in everybody's gift. No matter how hard to find or strange it is. ~ Tori Amos

Songwriting isn't always something that's directly proportionate to the experience. ~ Amos Lee

Time is one's best friend, teaching best of all the wisdom of silence. ~ Amos Bronson Alcott

Sometimes those demons are frightening and sometimes they're beautiful. ~ Tori Amos

On some of my darkest days, Lucifer's the one who comes and gives me an ice cream. ~ Tori Amos

Alex said. "This is Medina Station under occupation by a bunch of splinter Martian military expats. It's not Baltimore."
Amos' smile was as placid as always. "Everywhere's Baltimore. ~ James S.A. Corey

I did notice as I walked that Amos had stayed right next to me. And Jack was close on the other side of me. And Miles was in front of us and Henry was in back of us. They were surrounding me as we walked through the crowds of kids. Like I had my own emperor's guard. ~ R.J. Palacio

The finer literature, indeed, is characterized by a certain suffusion of the feminine flavor, the finer, the more ideal, thought plumed with sentiment; even science loves to spring from its feet, philosophy affect the clouds to inspire and edify. ~ Amos Bronson Alcott

You decide whether you look at your reality or live pretending these feelings don't exist. ~ Tori Amos

No man is too good to be the athletic coach for youth. ~ Amos Alonzo Stagg

While not a musician, my father was a music agent for years before becoming pop culture icon Famous Amos. ~ Shawn Amos

As soon as we get the place secure, I'll get in touch," Miller said. "Okay, but don't take too long. If Thoth Station has a whorehouse left standing, I'm going to need help prying Amos out of it. ~ James S.A. Corey

Health, longevity, beauty, are other names for personal purity; and temperance is the regimen for all. ~ Amos Bronson Alcott

No man is an island, said John Donne, but I humbly dare to add: No man or woman is an island, but every one of us is a peninsula, half attached to the mainland, half facing the ocean – one half connected to family and friends and culture and tradition and country and nation and sex and language and many other things, and the other half wanting to be left alone to face the ocean.

I think we ought to be allowed to remain peninsulas. Every social and political system that turns each of us into a Donnean island and the rest of humankind into an enemy or a rival is a monster. But at the same time every social and political and ideological system that wants to turn each of us into no more than a molecule of the mainland is also a monstrosity. The condition of peninsula is the proper human condition. That's what we are and that's what we deserve to remain. ~ Amos Oz

After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That's when you feel the passage of time is occurring. ~ Tori Amos

Music is always a reflection of what's going on in the hearts and minds of the culture. ~ Tori Amos

I had a very strict upbringing with my dad and was very close to my mum, who was extremely loving. ~ Tori Amos

Sometimes you are forced to defend your beliefs. Sometimes you are forced to look at relationships that aren't positive anymore. There are times when I have had to make peace with the fact that I am at war. And sometimes you have to fight those who do not want love to conquer all. ~ Tori Amos

Plans made in the nursery Can change the course of history ~ Amos Bronson Alcott

Isn't the initial loss that does for him, but the stupid plays he makes in an effort to deny that the loss has happened. The great economic psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky summarised the behaviour in their classic analysis of the psychology of risk: ~ Tim Harford

My stroller of choice is the Graco Classic. It's the '70s Buick of strollers, bulky with a complete absence of style. There are no good lines on the Graco. Yes, it has cup holders, like any self-respecting car or stroller does these days, but the luxuries stop there. ~ Shawn Amos

What was the secret of Grandpa's charm? I began to understand only years later. He possessed a quality that is hardly ever found among men, a marvelous quality that for many women is the sexiest in a man:

He listened.

He did not just politely pretend to listen, while impatiently waiting for her to finish what she was saying and shut up.

He did not break into his partner's sentence and finish it for her.

He did not cut in to sum up what she was saying so as to move on to another subject.

He did not let his interlocutress talk into thin air while he prepared in his head the reply he would make when she finally finished.

He did not pretend to be interested or entertained, he really was. Nu, what: he had an inexhaustible curiosity.

He was not impatient. He did not attempt to deflect the conversation from her petty concerns to his own important ones.

On the contrary: he loved her concerns. He always enjoyed waiting for her, and if she needed to take her time he took pleasure in all her contortions.

He was in no hurry, and he never rushed her. He would wait for her to finish, and even when she had finished, he did not pounce or grab but enjoyed waiting in case there was something more, in case she was carried along on another wave.

He loved to let her take him by the hand and lead him to her own places, at her own pace. He loved to be her accompanist.

He loved ge ~ Amos Oz

Hey," Alex said, his voice thoughtful. "If we made those nukes stop listening, that means we can't shut 'em down, right? Wonder where Fred's going to drop those." "Hell if I know," Amos said. "Just disarmed Earth, though. That's gotta be fucking embarrassing." "Unintended consequences," Naomi sighed. "Always with the unintended consequences. ~ James S.A. Corey

When one becomes indifferent to women, to children, and young people., he may know that he is superannuated, and has withdrawn from whatsoever is sweetest and purest in human existence. ~ Amos Bronson Alcott

The deeper truth is that reform, if it is real reform, is an exercise of love. Prophecy, if it is real prophecy, is an exercise of love. Amos, Hosea, and Jeremiah employed such harsh language in criticizing the children of Israel precisely because they thought more of the people than the people thought of themselves. The prophets were in love with, were possessed by, a vision of the dignity and destiny of those they addressed. The outrageousness of sin and failure was in direct proportion to the greatness of God's intent for his people. Prophecy was always an exercise of love, never of contempt, for those to whom the prophet addressed his criticism. ~ Richard John Neuhaus

Nature is thought immersed in matter ... ~ Amos Bronson Alcott

I produce the records. I don't hand over control to some really expensive producer who then talks to the record company and then tries to bend me to their will - for commercial purposes. ~ Tori Amos

Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, or religion. ~ John Amos Comenius

I don't think that many performers necessarily want to see their audience empowered. I think a lot of performers, no different from priests, need the hierarchy. Modern, celebrity-driven entertainment turns the stage into an altar, and so many celebrities refuse to be removed from those altars once they manage to ascend. They will not be taken down - the Goddess is offended ... As a storyteller in the old tradition, you held an important place at the circle. Your position was fluid, not necessarily permanent, but it demanded that you respected the others witnessing your performance as much as they respected you. All storytellers, all troubadours worth their salt knew their myths. ~ Tori Amos

When you've got the virgin and the whore sitting next to each other, they're likely to judge each other harshly.
~ Tori Amos

Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you. ~ Wally Amos

If you can't create physical life, you find a life force. If that's in music, that's in music. I started to find this deep, primitive rhythm, and I started to move to it. And I held hands with sorrow, and I danced with her, and we giggled a bit. ~ Tori Amos

Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something that's slightly different in order to get inspiration. ~ Tori Amos

Dignity of manner always conveys a sense of reserved force. ~ Amos Bronson Alcott

Anything a wife should do, I'm terrible at. Anything a mistress should do, I'll try. ~ Tori Amos

The kibbutz way of life is not for everyone. It is meant for people who are not in the business of working harder than they should be working, in order to make more money than they need, in order to buy things they don't really want, in order to impress people they don't really like. ~ Amos Oz

If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone. ~ Tori Amos

While writing the article that reported these findings, Amos and I discovered that we enjoyed working together. ~ Daniel Kahneman

Listen, ump. How can you sleep with the lights on? ~ Amos Otis

We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes. ~ Amos Bronson Alcott

In Los Angeles, parenting is a competitive sport. From Beverly Hills baby boutiques to kids' yoga classes, L.A. fuses high style, industrial-strength materialism, and parental outsourcing into our own unique version of child-rearing. ~ Shawn Amos

When Woodstock ended on Monday morning, over 600 acres of garbage was left behind on Max Yasgur's farm. It took over 400 volunteers and $100,000 to remove it all. ~ Shawn Amos

When I went on this trip I had a sexual/spiritual experience with a creature named Lucifer. ~ Tori Amos

There are older men with younger women but you don't see a lot of older women with younger men. There are some women who have been able to do it but not often. ~ Tori Amos

Men of my father's generation were perpetual hustlers, always on the make and always on the move. ~ Shawn Amos

You prefer to continue knitting, that is your decision. If you prefer to serve the cause of justice, I hope that you may at least find it interesting. Let justice roll down like waters. And righteousness like an everlasting stream. Amos. ~ Agatha Christie

I find my past in my present, and from these forecast my future. ~ Amos Bronson Alcott

Feelings are just a fire in a field of stubble: it burns for a moment, and then all that's left is soot and ashes. Do you know what the main thing is - the thing a woman should look for in her man? She should look for a quality that's not at all exciting but that's rarer than gold: decency. ~ Amos Oz

Your apocalypse was fab. ~ Tori Amos

Another way to think about Centering Prayer is training the mind to become free from distractions so it can "rest in God. ~ Amos Smith

I was very close to my mother as the youngest of three. She was my playmate. ~ Tori Amos

Of gifts, there seems none more becoming to offer a friend than a beautiful book. ~ Amos Bronson Alcott

Somewhere along the line, a concert became a variety show. It was no longer enough for four dudes to play together in front of some guitar amps. Costume changes, an army of dancers, and Broadway theatrics suddenly became standard for a 'concert.' ~ Shawn Amos

Somebody will come backstage and go, 'You saved me.' And I will have to say, 'Stop right there. You saved yourself.' ~ Tori Amos

Sometimes I breathe you in and I know you know. ~ Tori Amos

The spirit of the Gospels is the all inclusive love of Jesus, which jumps off the pages. ~ Amos Smith

My life was a wandering; I never had a homeland. It was a matter of being constantly tossed about, without rest; nowhere and never did I find a home. ~ Jan Amos Komensky

I wrote a novel about Israelis who live their own lives on the slope of a volcano. Near a volcano one still falls in love, one still gets jealous, one still wants a promotion, one still gossips. ~ Amos Oz

We don't want to get in a gunfight," Holden warned Amos as they began moving again. "Yeah," Amos said. "But if we're in one anyway, it'll be nice to have guns. ~ James S.A. Corey

I'm an acquired taste. I'm anchovies. If I was potato chips I could go more places. ~ Tori Amos

Finding people in your life as sounding boards who can be neutral and clear is worth nurturing. ~ Tori Amos

I live a pretty anonymous life. ~ Amos Lee

I think you need to have people around you whose standard is high and who don't accept anything less. ~ Tori Amos

What do you plan to do with all your freedom? ~ Tori Amos

Leave a movie audience inspired, and they will want to ingrain that movie into their lives with the toys, branded food products, soundtracks, and clothing they buy. ~ Shawn Amos

Much can be learned in play that will afterwards be of use when the circumstances demand it. ~ John Amos Comenius

Gimme peace, love, and a hard cock! ~ Tori Amos

I have a great relationship with my mother-in-law. We're both Leos, we understand each other. ~ Tori Amos

You crazy," Jianguo said. "No crew in there. They'll jump you." "Yep." "Then why?" "Because," Amos said, standing up and throwing the towel over his shoulder, "I hate waiting." As ~ James S.A. Corey

Not long," Zia said. "I wanted to talk to you before [Carter and Amos] come back."
[Sadie] raised an eyebrow. "About Carter? Well, if you're wondering whether he likes you, the way he stammers might be an indication."
Zia frowned. "No, I'm - "
"Asking if I mind? Very considerate. I must say at first I had my doubts, what with you threatening to kill us and all, but I've decided you're not the bad sort, and Carter's mad about you, so - "
"It's not about Carter."
"Oops. Could you just forget what I said, then? ~ Rick Riordan

You don't leave people who can't defend themselves. ~ Tori Amos

All of my novels are democracies. ~ Amos Oz

Friendship is a plant that loves the sun, thrives ill under clouds. ~ Amos Bronson Alcott