Carnegie Quotes

An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall. (Oscar Levant)
Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music. View quote
Isaac Stern
Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little dogs. View quote
Ernest Thompson Seton
Looking ahead, future generations may learn their social skills from robots in the first place. The cute yellow Keepon robot from Carnegie Mellon University has shown the ability to facilitate social interactions with autistic children. Morphy at the University of Washington happily teaches gestures to children by demonstration. View quote
Daniel H. Wilson
When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in. View quote
Itzhak Perlman
It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there to raise money for Gay Men's Health Crisis made the evening an extraordinary experience. View quote
Bernadette Peters
As a parent and a citizen, I'll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better they should ignore Jobs's example and instead embrace the morality and wisdom of the great industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. View quote
Eric Alterman
The world is full of people who have dreams of playing at Carnegie Hall, of running a marathon, and of owning their own business. The difference between the people who make it across the finish line and everyone else is one simple thing: an action plan. View quote
John Tesh
The extraordinary genius of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie 100 years ago was their recognition that the great wealth they had amassed could be put to public good and used to solve the complex problems for which there were no other sources of capital. View quote
Judith Rodin
I knew the full 'Judy Garland Carnegie Hall' double album set at age 2. And then my mother wondered why I was gay. I was like, 'Are you nuts? You would make me get on the table to sing Judy Garland songs and you're upset?' View quote
Mario Cantone
The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so. (Shelley Berman)
Although we are being presented in Carnegie Hall, we have to furnish a budget for our guest stars, and for the music writing - which is a huge budget in any orchestra that plays popular music. View quote
Skitch Henderson
Toting around a full orchestra on tour is very ambitious. I would consider doing a show now and then, like do a show at Radio City or Carnegie Hall with a full orchestra. View quote
Vanessa Carlton
My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. View quote
David Rockefeller
She wondered how people would remember her. She had not made enough to spread her wealth around like Carnegie, to erase any sins that had attached to her name, she had failed, she had not reached the golden bough. The liberals would cheer her to death. They would light marijuana cigarettes and drive to their sushi restaurants and eat fresh food that had traveled eight thousand miles. They would spend all of supper complaining about people like her, and when they got home their houses would be cold and they'd press a button on a wall to get warm. The whole time complaining about big oil. View quote
Philipp Meyer
I've been involved with Carnegie Hall for the last 13 years, and Chairman for the last six. I feel really good about what we've done growing our educational programs there, building a board that has made Carnegie Hall really a world-class institution. View quote
Sanford Weill
Whatever. If Carnegie wakes up not knowing, he might make some private inquiries, but he ain't going to be in too much of a hurry to let the police department in on it. And if he wakes up knowing-” He spread his hands. "-he'll make less noise than a Catholic orgasm. View quote
Richard Morgan
Carnegie Hall was real fabulous, but you know, it ain't as big as the Grand Ole Opry. View quote
Patsy Cline
Roaring like a tiger turns some children into pianists who debut at Carnegie Hall but only crushes others. Coddling gives some the excuse to fail and others the chance to succeed. View quote
Ayelet Waldman
He [somebody at Carnegie Mellon University] had betrayed us. But he didn't just do it to us. Chances are he did it to you too. [Pointing at member of audience. ] And I think, mostly likely, he did it to you too. [Pointing at another member of audience. ][Laughter] And he probably did it to you as well. [Pointing to third member of audience. ] He probably did it to most of the people here in this room - except a few, maybe, who weren't born yet in 1980. Because he had promised to refuse to cooperate with just about the entire population of the Planet Earth. He had signed a non-disclosure agreement. View quote
Richard Stallman
What makes knowledge automatic is what gets you to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice. (Alison Gopnik)
I made it, Ma - Carnegie Hall. And I didn't have to practice. View quote
Alan King
You get more nervous in front of a lot of people. That's why, when you play a concerto, you play with a small orchestra, in some place where you don't feel that it is as important as Carnegie Hall. View quote
Itzhak Perlman
I believe in two things: One, Andrew Carnegie said, 'He who dies with wealth dies in shame.' And someone once said, 'He who gives while he lives also knows where it goes.' View quote
Eli Broad
Matt Bomer and I went to Carnegie Mellon for drama together. View quote
Joe Manganiello