Carnegie Quotes - Page 2

• It's an irony that growing inequality could mean more money for philanthropy. In the US, quite a few of the ultra-rich have taken to heart the 19th century industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie's comment that it's a disgrace to die wealthy.

  Geoff Mulgan

  Taken, Heart, Mean

  "Civil engineering" by Geoff Mulgan, www.theguardian.com. October 24, 2007.

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• I always wanted to be an actor, even as a little kid. So I went to drama school in the late '60s at Carnegie Mellon.

  Loudon Wainwright III

  Drama, School, Kids

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. January 21, 2010.

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• Matt Bomer and I went to Carnegie Mellon for drama together.

  Joe Manganiello

  Drama, Together, Carnegie Mellon

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• 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.

  Ayelet Waldman

  Crush, Children, Giving

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• 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.’

  Eli Broad

  Giving, Wealth, Shame

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• How do I get to Carnegie Hall?

  Mischa Elman

  Inspirational, Music, Halls

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• How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice. Practice.

  Jack Benny

  Practice, Carnegie Hall, Halls

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• Last night at Carnegie Hall, Jack Benny played Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn lost.

  Harold C. Schonberg

  Music, Night, Lasts

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• A man who was generous with his wealth. It has been reported that during his lifetime, Carnegie gave away over $350 million of his money to help others.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Helping Others, Men, Generosity

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• Don’t I have a choice in this?” But when she looks behind her, the answer is clear. There are two guards waiting to make sure that she has no choice at all. And as they lead her away, she thinks of Mr. Durkin. With a bitter laugh, Risa realizes that he may get his wish after all. Someday he may see her hands playing in Carnegie Hall. Unfortunately, the rest of Risa won’t be there.

  Neal Shusterman

  Thinking, Hands, Two

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• And then Adam Wilde shows up at Carnegie Hall on the biggest night of my career, and it felt like more than a coincidence. It felt like a gift. From them. For my first recital ever, they gave me a cello. And for this one, they gave me you.

  Gayle Forman

  Night, Careers, Firsts

  Gayle Forman (2011). “Where She Went”, p.113, Penguin

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• The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on DESPITE all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons. There may be no heroic connotation to the word persistence, but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.

  Napoleon Hill

  Giving Up, Character, Persistence

  Napoleon Hill (2012). “Napoleon Hill Collection”, p.113, Penguin

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• 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.

  Daniel H. Wilson

  Cute, Children, Skills

  "I (Robot) Thee Wed". www.slate.com. May 04, 2012.

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• You know the question: 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Answer: 'Practise?' Well, in my case, I got there by not practising. I didn't finish my music degree. And when I got into the pop world, I decided not to conform because I figured that the point of being an artist was that you shouldn't be like anyone else.

  Rufus Wainwright

  Artist, Degrees, Answers

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• I made it, Ma - Carnegie Hall. And I didn't have to practice.

  Alan King

  Practice, Made, Halls

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• I would walk into the Carnegie Library and I would see the pictures of Booker T. and pictures of Frederick Douglass and I would read. I would go into the Savannah Public Libraries in the stacks and see all of the newspapers from all over the country. Did I dream that I would be on the Supreme Court? No. But I dreamt that there was a world out there that was worth pursuing.

  Clarence Thomas

  Dream, Country, Library

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• Road racing is rock 'n roll; track is Carnegie Hall.

  Marty Liquori

  Running, Rocks, Track

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• At Carnegie Hall the Preservation Hall Jazz Band showed how easily it could hop from era to era. It could work like a rhythm-and-blues horn section or a tightly arranged little big band if need be, but it could also switch back into the polyphonic glories of vintage New Orleans jazz, in which nearly every instrument seems to improvise around the tune at the same time.

  Jon Pareles

  New Orleans, Vintage, Tunes

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• The much-maligned idle rich have received a bad rap: They have maintained their wealth while many There is scarcely an instance of a man who has made a fortune by speculation and kept it. Andrew Carnegie of the energetic rich, aggressive real estate operators, corporate acquirers, oil drillers, etc. have their fortunes disappear.

  Warren Buffett

  Real, Rap, Men

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• I used to have this slight speech implement and couldn't remember things before I took the Sam Carnegie course.

  Bill Peterson

  Speech, Remember, Used

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• On the murder of New York deli owner Abe Lebewohl: It's almost like wiping out Carnegie Hall. A sandwich to a Jew is just as important as a country to a Gentile.

  Jackie Mason

  Country, New York, Important

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• An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.

  Oscar Levant

  Wise, Halls, Epigrams

  Quoted in Evan Esar, The Treasury of Humorous Quotations (1951)

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• In the 1920s, everyone wanted to be a celebrity. Everyone wanted to be like Babe Ruth or Charles Lindbergh. ... Businessmen, in particular, in the '20s really believed that to be a success, an entrepreneur needed to have a personality, a sense that you were a success. That's why I think Capone dressed the way he did. And that's why he entertained the press — because he wanted to be perceived as a successful American. Dale Carnegie ... would later cite Capone as a model for creating the public image. Obviously, it went bad in many ways for Capone, but that's the image he was going for.

  Jonathan Eig

  Successful, Thinking, Creating

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• Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little dogs.

  Ernest Thompson Seton

  Funny, Friendship, Dog

  Ernest Thompson Seton (1905). “Animal Heroes”

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• I'm going to Iowa for an award. Then I'm appearing at Carnegie Hall, it's sold out. Then I'm sailing to France to be honored by the French government - I'd give it all up for one erection.

  Groucho Marx

  Sex, Awards, Government

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