Quote

I'm before him on my knees, and he kisses me He assumes I lose my reason and I do. Men are stupid, men are vain, Love's disgusting, love's insane, A humiliating business-oh how true.

Stephen Sondheim

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
Author
Composer
Dramaturge
Librettist
Lyricist
Musician
Poet
Screenwriter
Songwriter
New York City
New York
Stephen Joshua Sondheim
Reason
Vain
Humiliating
Men
Assuming
Kisses
Love
Kissing
Disgusting
Stupid
Insanity
Lose
Assumption
Loses
Knees
Business
Stupidity
True
Insane
Assumes

More quotes by Stephen Sondheim

Image
One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.
Stephen Sondheim
Image
Only capitalists get photographers.
Stephen Sondheim
Image
Sometimes colleagues in performance are absolutely astonishing.
Stephen Sondheim
Image
Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor.
Stephen Sondheim
Image
I don't like the word 'career'. When somebody says to me, 'oh, you've had such a wonderful career', I think, 'career - that's after you're dead.' I just don't think that way.
Stephen Sondheim
Image
Tonight, tonight, won't be just any night. Tonight there will be no morning star.
Stephen Sondheim
Image
If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.
Stephen Sondheim
Image
Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure.
Stephen Sondheim
Image
Pointillism takes emotional images, character, etc., and makes them all come together and make a whole that tells a story.
Stephen Sondheim
Image
In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies.
Stephen Sondheim
Image
Anything that is white is sweet. Anything that is brown is meat. Anything that is grey, don't eat.
Stephen Sondheim
Image
When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't.
Stephen Sondheim
Image
Gotta watch out for directors.
Stephen Sondheim
Image
Into the woods--you have to grope, But that's the way you learn to cope. Into the woods to find there's hope Of getting through the journey.
Stephen Sondheim
Image
I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken the choosing was not. You have to move on.
Stephen Sondheim
Image
I'm sure many writers have these strange, tiny little habits.
Stephen Sondheim
Image
It should be interesting to see two entirely different ways to treat a story, geared for two entirely different kinds of audience.
Stephen Sondheim
Image
If I got involved with the chat rooms and Facebook and everything - I would probably never leave. That's why I don't do it. I literally don't do it. At all.
Stephen Sondheim
Image
Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead.
Stephen Sondheim
Image
White. A blank page or canvas. So many possibilities.
Stephen Sondheim