43 Quotes by Richard Miller

A singer whose ear is singly directed to the melodic aspects of a Brahms lied or a Verdi aria lacks perception of the musical web from which the melodic line emerges; the composer's intent may remain unrealized. to sing Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, or Strauss lieder without an understanding of underlying harmonic structures is to vocalize on them, not to conceive of them musically and emotionally.

What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.

Inheritance taxes are so high that the happiest mourner at a rich man's funeral is usually Uncle Sam.

If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.

Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.

If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.

To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.

She was a businesswoman, and she was doing something that was not in sync with the times. She felt she had to treat everyone the way she wanted to be treated.

Now the GI recovery patients spill over to the ER rooms. When we're all done, it will be on a different floor. There will be two GI suites, a special procedure suite and 11 recovery rooms, as well as a dedicated nursing staff.