Quotes about Conducting

The real art of conducting consists in transitions. Votes: 5

I will prove that a great conducting career is expecting me. Votes: 5

One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening. Votes: 5

I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's a job where I don't think sex plays much part. Votes: 5

Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors. Votes: 5

Conducting is intensely social. You work with a hundred people every day. You collaborate, you try to focus their thoughts, you try to give them a concept, you try to inspire them, and it's actually exhausting. Votes: 5

My job in space will be to observe and write a journal. I am also going to be teaching a class for students on earth about life in space and on the space shuttle and conducting experiments. Votes: 5

It's no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either. Votes: 5

What is the possible benefit? Can this material save lives? Can it improve the quality of life in Iraq? Can it tend to shape our perceptions of how war should and should not be conducted? Can it shape our perceptions of who should be conducting war and in what manner? And the answer to that is a clear yes. Votes: 5

Conducting is a strange thing to teach. Votes: 3

Conducting was just something that happened by fluke. Votes: 3

The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats. Votes: 3

Conducting has more to do with singing and breathing than with piano-playing. Votes: 3

Conducting is like making love to a hundred people at the same time. Votes: 3

Players have a great deal of flexibility when conducting diplomatic relations with their allies. Votes: 3

My music wouldn't sound the way it does if I hadn't had the experience of conducting. Votes: 3

This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience. Votes: 3

Conducting! A subject, truly, concerning which much might be written, yet scarcely anything of real importance is to be found in books. Votes: 3

Conducting a creativity audit can be very illuminating because it can tell you how the process is working internally and against the competition. Votes: 3

I never use a score when conducting my orchestra... Does a lion tamer enter a cage with a book on how to tame a lion? Votes: 3

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a change. Votes: 3

When I first was conducting as guest conductor in Europe 25 years ago, I would propose doing American pieces and grudgingly it would be accepted from time to time. Votes: 3

The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra. Votes: 3

Conducting" is when you draw "designs" in the nowhere-with a stick, or with your hands-which are interpreted as "instructional messages" by guys wearing bow ties who wish they were fishing. Votes: 3

The act of conducting in itself, of waving my arms in the air and being in charge, I didn't miss. I missed the sensual pleasure of being in contact with music. Votes: 3

Conducting your business in a socially responsible way is good business. It means that you can attract better employees and that customers will know what you stand for and like you for it Votes: 3

My idea was to go to Vienna to study conducting and perhaps play in an orchestra first, so I thought before I got to Vienna I could do with a little training in Paris. Votes: 3

A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding. Votes: 3

While some of them acknowledge the obligation of natural morality in their mode of conducting their cases, and preserve their individual character as gentlemen, there are others who acknowledge no law, human or divine, but the law of Scotland. Votes: 3

It is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their future operations and certainty of success in conducting them; but they should recollect that competency cannot be obtained without labour. Votes: 3

I'm now doing three things: concerts, conducting, and teaching, and they each support each other. I learn to see things from different perspectives and listen with different ears. The most important thing that you need to do is really listen. Votes: 3

And so, little by little, I gradually divested myself of pretty nearly all of the guest conducting I used to do, because I was at the same time working in the places like the Met, where I could work in this sort of depth. Votes: 3

The great myth is the manager as orchestra conductor. It's this idea of standing on a pedestal and you wave your baton and accounting comes in, and you wave it somewhere else and marketing chimes in with accounting, and they all sound very glorious. But management is more like orchestra conducting during rehearsals, when everything is going wrong. Votes: 3

Players have a great deal of flexibility when conducting diplomatic relations with their allies. Votes: 2

As human beings, we are all not conducting just one narrative but many narratives all at the same time. Votes: 2

The choice is not between conducting the stem cell research or not conducting it. That is not the choice. Votes: 2

You can't expect someone born into a family with no music... to understand when I'm conducting the Schoenberg Variations. Votes: 2

When did women whose looks are not their living start conducting themselves like the simpering inmates of an Ottoman empire seraglio? Votes: 2

I always felt that I would become somebody outstanding, whether it was in singing, instrumental playing, orchestra conducting, or anything involving feeling. Votes: 2

Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme. Votes: 2

Well, the reports are correct that we're conducting very robust military operations on the Afghan side of the border in areas where we think al-Qaida is operating and Taliban remnants are. Votes: 2

Doctoral training is devoted almost entirely to learning to do research, even though most Ph.Ds who enter academic life spend far more time teaching than they do conducting experiments or writing books. Votes: 2

We seriously suspect the agents of the Americans and Israelis in conducting such horrendous terrorist acts and cannot believe the people who kidnap Philippines nationals, for instance, or behead U.S. nationals are Muslims. Votes: 2

For the establishment, philosophy is both an elitist and an idealist discipline: In high school, it is a compulsory subject; at university, they teach the idealist line. They are conducting a conversation with themselves. Votes: 2

This resolution simply says Israel has the right to defend itself. This includes conducting operations both inside its borders and in the territory of nations that threaten it, which is in accordance with international law. Votes: 2

With 'Good Will Hunting,' Miramax made certain the recruited audience wasn't expecting to laugh at Robin Williams like they normally do. From my limited experience, you can really blow test screenings by conducting them in the wrong way. Votes: 2

Because there are little to no consequences for conducting cyberattacks, criminals and nation-states are becoming bolder in their threats and behavior. Russia, China, North Korea and Iran are increasingly hacking into U.S. companies and government networks for espionage purposes or financial gain. Votes: 2

Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living in San Francisco at the time and I started attending some of the concerts and then simply dropping hints. Votes: 2

Journalists are in the same madly rocking boat as diplomats and statesmen. Like them, when the Cold War ended, they looked for a new world order and found a new world disorder. If making and conducting foreign policy in today's turbulent environment is difficult, so is practicing journalism. Votes: 2

Everything we do in the digital realm - from surfing the Web to sending an e-mail to conducting a credit card transaction to, yes, making a phone call - creates a data trail. And if that trail exists, chances are someone is using it - or will be soon enough. Votes: 2

When all is said and done, it looks like the Palestinians have been massively robbed and abused, and are engaged in a desperate struggle for survival and liberation. Israel, on the other hand, would appear to be conducting an imperialistic campaign of oppression supported and substantially armed by the most powerful nation on earth. Votes: 2

After I made it to the NBA, I said that I didn't want to be the last player from Africa. After my rookie year, I went to the league and talked about this, and they embraced my idea and started conducting basketball clinics in Africa, and that's when I knew I wouldn't be the last African. Votes: 2

Basically speaking, conducting is quite a healthy profession. Votes: 0

I'm conducting slowly because I don't know the tempo. Votes: 0

The Nuclear Industry is conducting a war against humanity. Votes: 0

I love orchestrating music and conducting and being on Broadway. Votes: 0

I'm composing more than before. I'm cutting down on conducting. Votes: 0

don't perspire while conducting - only the audience should get warm. Votes: 0

After conducting Wagner, Beethoven's triple concerto is like taking an Alka Seltzer. Votes: 0

I don't mind conducting the orchestra if I can play the violin. Votes: 0

I started conducting lessons and I realized that this is actually something I like doing. Votes: 0

If human is capable of conducting genocide,no need for an asteroid to wipe out dinosaurs. Votes: 0

The art of conducting consists in knowing when to stop conducting to let the orchestra play. Votes: 0

Lars von Trier is not not somebody who is known for conducting a normal press conference ever! Votes: 0

On conducting: If you can just barely hear the French horns on stage, the balance is perfect. Votes: 0

One must stop conducting research before one has finished. Otherwise, one will never stop and never finish. Votes: 0

Today, conducting is a question of ego: a lot of people believe they are actually playing the music. Votes: 0

I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day Votes: 0

There is no such test of a man's superiority of character as in the well-conducting of an unavoidable quarrel. Votes: 0

Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra. Votes: 0

Officials at the London Olympics will be conducting 5,000 tests for steroids. Or as Lance Armstrong calls that, 'a Monday.' Votes: 0

Your presence here is is only a matter of conducting an experiment in limits, reminding yourself of what you aren't. Votes: 0

I love conducting. What I'm tired of is music administration. I don't want that. I just want to make music. Votes: 0

A balanced and skillful approach to life, taking care to avoid extremes, becomes a very important factor in conducting one's everyday existence. Votes: 0

If there is willingness on the Palestinian side to reach an agreement, it is possible. We are conducting the negotiations with goodwill. Votes: 0

In meditation we research the field without time and space and activity, and yet produce a useful effect while conducting the research. Votes: 0

There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will. Votes: 0

In war the only sure defense is offense, and the efficiency of the offense depends on the warlike souls of those conducting it. Votes: 0

The higher level of grand strategy [is] that of conducting war with a far-sighted regard to the state of the peace that will follow. Votes: 0

There is nothing more profane than the image of an atheist with tears in his eyes conducting the glory and passion of Handel's Messiah. Votes: 0

I do three things. I do teaching, I do conducting and I do playing. And each one of those sort of helps the other. Votes: 0

We are not hiding things from the American people, but China everyday is conducting business in a way that hides things from their people. Votes: 0

There is nothing wrong with being a declared liberal or conservative and conducting a sympathetic interview with a political figure who shares your views. Votes: 0

In my imagination yes, I remember, when I was six years old, I was conducting all this concert in my house. But now it's real. Votes: 0

The difficulties of conducting espionage against the Soviet Union in the Soviet Union were such that historically the Agency had backed away from the task. Votes: 0

and, unlike the celebrated herd in the poem, they were not forty children conducting themselves as one, but every child was conducting itself like forty. Votes: 0

Although individual states have primary responsibility for conducting fair and impartial elections, the FBI becomes involved when paramount federal interests are affected or electoral abuse occurs. Votes: 0

While it is important to be aware of and sensitive to cultural differences when conducting business internationally, the principles of transparency, trust, and partnership are universal. Votes: 0

I'm fine." It's a lie. I am not fine. My head is a symphony of pain, a sadistic master maestro conducting an opus of excruciating, devastating perfecting. Votes: 0

It was so much fun conducting an orchestra and watching the musicians' faces as some of Kanye's lyrics went by. They couldn't believe what was going on. Votes: 0

I just wish, maybe, that I'd started conducting earlier. I was about 40 when I started. Apart from that I don't really have any regrets. Is that bad? Votes: 0

..The argument he was conducting with his neighbor as to whether the English magician had gone mad because he was a magician, or because he was English. Votes: 0

Once you start to look into the guts of climate change you find that just about every scientific institution in the world is conducting research on the issue. Votes: 0

At the time when I was conducting my research there was no known method for taking the guinea pig's temperature. I demonstrated a technique which is now widely used. Votes: 0

Corporate identity specialists spend their time rechristening other companies, conducting a legal search and a linguistic search to insure that the name is not an insult in another language. Votes: 0

That is basically me, and although I have done many things in my life - conducting, playing piano, and so on - what is fundamental is my being a composer. Votes: 0

The Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a seven-hundred-thousand-dollar study to see if Alaskan trees are polluting Oregon forests. You can tell Republicans are in power. Pollution? It's those damn trees. Votes: 0

An unrestricted satisfaction of every need presents itself as the most enticing method of conducting one's life, but it means putting enjoyment before caution, and soon brings its own punishment. Votes: 0

The best conducting technique is that which achieves the maximum musical result with the minimum effort. The only general rule is to infuse all gestures with precision, clarity, and vitality. Votes: 0

Arabs and their allies are conducting a total war against Israel. A total war means a war of lies. The PA [Palestinian Authority] promotes lies; lying in Islam is permitted. Votes: 0

I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation. Votes: 0

The Kosovo campaign was a just and necessary war. And I believe that Blair - of whom I have many criticisms - in this case showed real determination in conducting it. Votes: 0

It does not at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction, while he gazes on a star, must feel more exquisite delight than a farmer who is conducting his team. Votes: 0

Universities are filled with poets and novelists conducting demure and careful lives in imitation of Eliot and Forster and those others who (through what seems to be have been discretion) made it. Votes: 0

Besides, when not hard at work with this research, I'm actually conducting a side experiment on how cigarettes and gin increase charisma. As you might guess, the results are looking very promising. Votes: 0

Making a garden is somehow like conducting a symphony - different plants come forward at different times and you need to think very carefully about their placement in relation to each other. Votes: 0

On this question of war, three things are to be considered. First, the right of declaring it: secondly, the expense of supporting it: thirdly, the mode of conducting it after it is declared. Votes: 0

If the village worker is not a decent man or woman, conducting a decent home, he or she had better not aspire after the high privilege and honour of becoming a village worker. Votes: 0

We will not adopt the fantastic hypocrisy of modern conservatism which preaches the values of families and communities, while conducting a direct assault on them through reduced wages and conditions and job security. Votes: 0

The most frequent thing people said to me about Princess Diana when I was conducting interviews for my biography was that she could create a circle of intimacy in the middle of a crowd. Votes: 0

The aeroplane should open a fruitful occupation for women. I see no reason they cannot realize handsome incomes by carrying passengers between adjacent towns, from parcel delivery, taking photographs or conducting schools of flying. Votes: 0

In times when the tempo for struggle is not very high, you prepare populations by conducting acts of courage-building, confidence-building, respect for each other. That's what the preparation is about and it requires leadership. Votes: 0

Sydney Smith playfully says that common sense was invented by Socrates, that philosopher having been one of its most conspicuous exemplars in conducting the contest of practical sagacity against stupid prejudice and illusory beliefs. Votes: 0

That policy was abandoned very quickly, and the military police were tagged with the responsibility of conducting training, which they did. We were not equipped or set up with personnel to recruit new Iraqi guards. Votes: 0

As one moves along the evolutionary pathways and one's frequencies become more and more rapid, the old ways of conducting business cease to work or cease to function easily and smoothly. New guidelines are essential. Votes: 0

Social scientists and psychologists are conducting research studies that clearly show that when we behave and act as if we are happy, confident, healthy or in love, we become happy, confident, healthy and in love. Votes: 0

I would say everything in our life in the next 25 years is going to be tied into the Internet, and it's going to be the place for communications, for education, for conducting business and everything. Votes: 0

It is not enough that you can form nay, and follow, the most excellent rules for conducting yourself in the world. You must also know when to deviate from them, and where lies the exception. Votes: 0

Needless to say, they refused to submit to the Empire, conducting such a persistent guerrilla war that the Romans gave up hope of conquering Scotland, and the Wee Free Men remained both wee and free. Votes: 0