Prelude Quotations

This kind of prelude was succeeded by the concerto itself which he executed with a degree of spirit and firmness that no one has ever pretended to equal.

I would hazard a guess that we have found fossilized human remains of at least a thousand different specimens in South and East Africa, more or less complete at that. I think this is where the prelude to human history was primarily played out.

In theory, food writing is an aid or a prelude to actual meals: you read a recipe, and then you cook. In practice - in a 'paradox' that Michael Pollan, among others, has identified - our current gastronomic fantasies, particularly on TV, have coincided with a decline in home cooking.

So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must be made to realise that they are also human, not inferior.

Of all the seasons, winter is the most conducive to the great art of dormancy. This art requires an appreciation of semi-consciousness: the beautiful and necessary prelude to sleep - a special pleasure in itself that is all too often neglected, under-valued or looked down upon.

All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.

No one should interpret the remarks as being a prelude for the Federal Reserve raising the Fed funds rate at the December or February meeting. That's not going to happen. If that was going to happen, the chairman wouldn't have made a speech to puncture the exuberance.

We could have altered the course of history ... and didn't. That's all life is, putting yourself in a position to be successful and grasping the moment when it's there. We had 'em on the ropes, but we weren't good enough to finish them. That's why they turned out to be national champions. Even though it was prelude to a bunch of close games to come for Ohio State, they learned something that day about themselves.

We'll start to know more after today, when the results of the Penn Derby and the Prelude are in. And, of course, we will know even more when we see who goes through the second of nominations next Saturday.

We, as individuals, are fast losing our reputation for honest dealing. Our nation is losing its character. The loss of a firm national character, or the degredation of a nation's honour, is the inevitable prelude to her destruction.

We think that is a prelude to them all going in the next game. We try to focus on shooting percentages, not how many shots we miss, and we ended up shooting 37 percent. The reason people gasp for air is that they are point-blank misses. We can probably attribute that to nerves. We did substitute early, trying to get back in our normal breathing pattern.

Even if the constitution clearly wins acceptance by most Shiites and Kurds and some Sunnis, this is only the start of a process, not the end. Even the best outcome of the vote is the prelude to months and years of additional effort.

Everybody understands that this (withdrawal) is the prelude to the big battle

Fans will see intense basketball and competitive games. It will be a great prelude to what will happen in the national tournament.

Reading between the lines, assuming the sale is still on, it looks like this is a prelude to a break up as part of that sale process.

Our eight-and-under boys were exceptional. All our kids did really good and it's a great prelude to our long course season.

This is a teachable moment. When you see Muslims praying, it's not a terrorist act. It's not a prelude to terror.

Even with our absolute best performances I don't think it would have been enough to knock them off. They (Verona) are just very deep. It was a prelude to the sectional meet.

That looks like some sort of prelude to the rather drawn out and bloody removal of troops. Therein hangs a moral tale: A war that was wrongfully begun, do we have a moral obligation to see it to its end?

They changed the town and this is why this kind of thing would do well in Carnegie. PAT will give a power point presentation and residents will be able to present comments. Nothing has been decided and this will be a prelude to a planning session. We have not actually planned anything here.

The U.S. might enjoy overwhelming military advantage, but its relative economic power, which in the long run is almost invariably decisive, is in decline. The interregnum after the Cold War, far from being the prelude to a new American age, was bearing the signs of what is now very visible: the emergence of a multipolar world.

Anytime you're looking at the prospect for a soft landing, there's going to be uncertainty and risks. If what we're talking about is a prelude to an economic downturn, the industry will suffer over a two-to-three-year time. But the economy has shown a high degree of resiliency.

If you really look at the action itself, most people in the market believe the worst is over, at least on a short-term basis. There's renewed hope that the presidential election is going to come to a conclusion and everyone is hoping the Fed is going to move to a neutral stance as a prelude to a series of decreasing the interest rates.

How many times had those awful words - "I know what I'm doing" - been uttered throughout history as prelude to disaster?

Ideas have significance for him only as a prelude to action.

Anger is a prelude to courage.

The Caribbean Series is just a prelude of what's to come.

Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a new oppression.

This was but a prelude; where books are burnt human-beings will be burnt in the end

Evil, unchecked, is the prelude to genocide. - Anonymous

For what is delusion but the prelude to hurt. And what is hurt but the prelude to rage.

Dancing is the normal prelude to intercourse.

Taking it easy is often the prelude to backsliding. Comfort precedes collapse.

Wicked words are the prelude to wicked deeds.

You know that failure prelude to being the victim of what is criminally wrong.

I made the four minutes of the prelude entirely with the sound of hand-tools. At one point it sounds to me like you're inside an electron accelerator. And I've used recordings made by US Marines in 1945 in the Pacific Ocean, which give an idea of the sound and texture of that time.

True prayer is not a prelude to inaction.

Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.